Dr. NG Wai Pan Samuel

Dr. NG Wai Pan Samuel 吳維斌

Education

2014 D.Phil. Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry, Geochronology, SE Asian Tectonics Department of Earth Sciences, St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford
2011 M.Phil. Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry, E Mediterranean Tectonics Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
2008 B.S. Earth Sciences Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong

Academic Employments

2018-Present Adjunct Assistant Professor; Earth and Environmental Sciences Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2017-2018 Lecturer (Part-Time); Earth System Science Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2018-Present Adjunct Assistant Professor; Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
2018 Senior Research Associate (Part-Time); Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
2017-2018 Lecturer (Part-Time); Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
2014-2017 Post-doctoral Fellow; Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong

Research Fields and Current Research Interests

  • Petrogenesis of South-east Asian tin-bearing granite, Sr-Nd-Hf isotope geochemistry and zircon U-Pb geochronology of granite, reconstruction of South-east Asian Tectonics
  • Identification of magmatic pulses in the assembly of Gondwana using zircon U-Pb geochronology of the Vijayan Complex in Sri Lanka
  • Geochemistry of the basaltic lavas in the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus, reconstruction of the tectonic evolution of the Troodos ophiolite

Professional Activities

Current

Since 2024 Committee Member of the Real Estate and Infrastructure Committee, Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
Since 2011 Fellow of the Geological Society of London
Since 2011 Member of the Mineralogical Society of the UK and Ireland
Since 2010 Member of the Society of Economic Geology
Since 2024 Reviewer of Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Since 2023 Reviewer of Journal of Mathematical and Fundamental Sciences
Since 2023 Reviewer of Geological Journal
Since 2022 Reviewer of Geological Society of America Bulletin
Since 2021 Reviewer of Acta Geochimica
Since 2019 Reviewer of Ore Geology Reviews
Since 2017 Reviewer of LITHOS
Since 2017 Reviewer of Cretaceous Research
Sicne 2016 Reviewer of Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Past

25 May 2016 Invited seminar given to The Geological Society on the “Petrogenesis of Malaysian Granitoids in the Southeast Asian Tin Belt”
2008-2019 Final Year Project Supervision Mr. Ivan Wong (HKU, 2008-2009) Ms. Joyce Yim (HKU, 2015-2016) Mr. Tommy Ngan (CUHK, 2018-2019) Ms. Katy Tang (CUHK, 2018-2019) Ms. Truda Wong (CUHK, 2018-2019)

Teaching

Current

ESSC4120 Petrology, GEOS7027 Earth Systems, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong (2019-Present)
ESSC4130 Geomorphology, Earth and Environmental Sciences Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2018-Present)
GEOS7010 Geology Principles and Practice, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong (2017-Present)

Past

ESSC4810/ESSC4820 Senior Project I & II, Earth System Science Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2018-2019)
GEOS7027 Earth Systems, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong (2018)
ESSC3100 Structural Geology, Earth and Environmental Sciences Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2017-2022)
ESSC3110 Geoscience Field Course, Earth and Environmental Sciences Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2017)
EASC6001 Research Seminars and Presentation of Thesis Proposal, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong (2014-2016)
EASC4955 Integrated Field Studies, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong (2014-2015)
EASC4406 Earth Dynamics and Global Tectonics Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong (2014-2017)

Selected Recent Publications

  1. Ng, S. W.-P., Whitehouse, M. J., Tam, T.P.-Y., Jayasingha, P., Wong, J.P.-M., Denyszyn, S.W., Yim, J.S.-Y., Chang, S.-C., 2017, Ca. 820-640 Ma SIMS U-Pb age signal in the peripheral Vijayan Complex, Sri Lanka: Identifying magmatic pulses in the assembly of Gondwana. Precambrian Research, v. 294, p. 244-256.
  2. Ng, S. W.-P., Whitehouse, M. J., Teschner, C., Roselee, M. H., Murtadha, S.,Oliver, G. J. H., Ghani, A. A., Chang, S.-C., 2017, Late Triassic granites from Bangka, Indonesia: a continuation of the Main Range granite province of the South-East Asian Tin Belt. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 138, p. 548-561.
  3. Ng, S. W.-P., Whitehouse, M. J., Searle, M. P., Robb, L. J., Ghani, A. A., Chung, S.-L., Oliver, G. J. H., Sone, M., Gardiner, N. J., and Roselee, M. H., 2015, Petrogenesis of Malaysian granitoids in the Southeast Asian tin belt: Part 2. U-Pb zircon geochronology and tectonic model: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 127, no. 9-10, p. 1238-1258.
  4. Ng, S. W.-P., Chung, S.-L., Robb, L. J., Searle, M.P., Ghani, A. A., Whitehouse, M. J., Oliver, G. J. H., Sone, M., Gardiner, N. J., and Roselee, M. H., 2015, Petrogenesis of Malaysian granitoids in the Southeast Asian tin belt: Part 1. Geochemical and Sr-Nd isotopic characteristics: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 127, no. 9-10, p. 1209-1237.
  5. Searle, M. P., Whitehouse, M. J., Robb, L. J., Ghani, A. A., Hutchison, C. S., Sone, M., Ng, S. W.-P., Roselee, M. H., Chung, S.-L., and Oliver, G. J. H., 2012, Tectonic evolution of the Sibumasu-Indochina terrane collision zone in Thailand and Malaysia; constraints from new U-Pb zircon chronology of SE Asian tin granitoids: Journal of the Geological Society, v. 169, p. 489-500.

Research Grants

  • URC/CRCG – Conference Support for Teaching Staff from The University of Hong Kong (Principle Investigator, 2016)
  • Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research from The University of Hong Kong (Co-Investigator, 2016)
  • Small Project Grant from The University of Hong Kong (Principle Investigator, 2015)
  • Burdett-Coutts Fund from the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford (2014)
  • Graduate Travel Grant from St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford (2011, 2014)
  • WYNG Trust Full Doctoral Scholarship and Research Funding (2010-2013)
  • Conference Support for Research Postgraduate Students from The University of Hong Kong (2010)
  • Postgraduate Studentship from The University of Hong Kong (2008-2010)

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