Recreation

Group photo of Professor HE with the three 2026 postgraduate students and other group members.

Congratulations to our amazing graduates! Campus holds so many beautiful memories.

Prof. Manabu Fujii, an Associate Professor from Tokyo Institute of Technology, whose research focuses on sustainability for water and environment, visited the lab in November, 2025, and engaged in a lively academic discussion with the students and postdoc fellows.

Prof. Julian Sachs from the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington, a specialist in chemical oceanography and paleoclimate reconstruction, visited our group in July 2026. He shared insights and inspiring deep discussions with postdocs and students.

Prof. Sachs enjoyed sightseeing around Hong Kong accompanied by members of our group.

Prof. Jie XU, an Associate Professor of University of Macau, whose research focuses on marine nutrients visited our group in June, 2026.

Chaofeng CAI(left) and Runze XUE(right), current PhD students in the Dream Group, represented our team on the 2026 Haima Cold Seep cruise aboard the Jiaolong HOV. This expedition was strategically managed by the China Deep Ocean Affairs Administration and executed by the National Deep Sea Center (MNR), the first time a large group of early-career researchers from Hong Kong has participated in such a manned deep-diving voyage.

Chaofeng was collecting seawater samples from the CTD rosettes. (Captured in August 2026)

Shi TANG, a current PhD student in the Dream Group, represented the team on the Pearl River Estuary winter cruise in January 2026. This expedition was key-funded by the Department of Earth Sciences of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), focusing on the carbon cycle and biogeochemistry across the river-estuary-shelf continuum

Water sampling and field preparation along the wetland shore.

Sediment cores were collected during the wetland fieldwork.

Game on, stress off! Welcoming our new members with ice-breaking fun. Outside the lab, we are all just big kids at heart. (Captured in June 2025)

Go hiking!

The beautiful scenery of Sai Kung and the delicious seafood make us stay and forget to leave.

After the mountain hike, the calm sea quickly eased our fatigue. We took a photo to capture another memorable team-building experience with our research group.

Chasing the waves, casting our dreams into the future.