Dr. TAM Pui Yuk Tammy

Dr. TAM Pui Yuk Tammy 譚佩玉

Senior Lecturer

Room 340, 3/F, Science Centre North Block
3943 3795
Dr. TAM Pui Yuk Tammy

Education

2013 Ph.D Department of Earth Sciences The University of Hong Kong
2008 B.Sc Department of Earth Sciences The University of Hong Kong

Academic Employments

2023 – present Senior Lecturer, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, CUHK
2020-present Part-time Lecturer, Master of Science in the field of Applied Geoscience, Department of Earth Sciences, HKU
2018 - present Course Instructor, Service Learning (Non-local), Chung Chi College, CUHK
2016-2023 Lecturer, Earth and Environmental Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, CUHK
2018 General Education Lecturer, CUHK
2015-2016 Assistant Lecturer, Department of Earth Sciences, HKU
2013-2015 Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Earth Sciences, HKU
2012-2015 Course instructor, Department of Earth Sciences, HKU
2013-2014 Part-time lecturer, Department of Earth System Sciences, CUHK
2012-2013 Research assistant, Department of Earth Sciences, HKU
2008-2012 Teaching Assistant, Department of Earth Sciences, HKU

Research Fields and Current Research Interests

  • Metamorphic Petrology,  
  • Geochronology,  
  • Cenozoic (K-E) red-bed succession in Guangdong Province of Southeast China and paleoenvironment 

Representative Publications

2011 Tam P.Y., Zhao G.C., Liu F.L., Zhou X.W., Sun M., Li S.Z., 2011. Timing of metamorphism in the Paleoproterozoic Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt: New SHRIMP U–Pb zircon dating of granulites, gneisses and marbles of the Jiaobei massif in the North China Craton. Gondwana Research 19, 150-162.
2012 Tam, P.Y., Zhao, G.C., Zhou, X.W., Sun, M., Guo, J.H., Li, S.Z., Yin, C.Q., Wu, M.L., He, Y.H., 2012. Metamorphic P-T path and implications of high-pressure pelitic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton. Gondwana Research 22, 104-117.
2012 Tam, P.Y., Zhao, G.C., Sun, M., Li, S.Z., Yoshiyuki, I., Ma, G.S.K., Yin, C.Q., He, Y.H., Wu, M.L., 2012. Metamorphic P-T path and tectonic implications of medium-pressure pelitic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton. Precambrian Research 220-221, 177-191.
2012 Tam, P.Y., Zhao, G.C., Sun, M., Li, S.Z., Wu, M.L., Yin, C.Q., 2012. Petrology and metamorphic P-T path of high-pressure mafic granulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton. Lithos 155, 94-109.

Honours and Awards

2017 Exemplary Teaching Award 2017 (Faculty of Science, CUHK), 2017
2024 Exemplary Teaching Award in Service-Learning 2023-2024, (Chung Chi College, CUHK), 2024

Professional Activities

Current

since Sept 2023 Acting Chairperson, Geological Society of Hong Kong
since 2022 Vice Chairperson, Geological Society of Hong Kong
since 2022 Committee, Discussion Group in Geoscience Education, Geological Society of London, Hong Kong Regional Group
since 2021 Facilitator, Focus Group 1 - Education & Community Awareness, Geological Society of London, Hong Kong Regional Group
since 2021 Committee, Geological Society of London, Hong Kong Regional Group

Past

2020-2022 Representative of ESSC in the Discussion Panel with Young Fellow Group, Geological Society of London, Hong Kong Regional Group, 2020-22
2022 Organizing Committee, the 40th Anniversary Ceremony of the Geological Society of Hong Kong, Jun-Aug 2022
2023 Organizing Committee, the Annual Dinner of the Geological Society of London Hong Kong Regional Group, 2023

Teaching

Current

ESSC/EESC 2010 Solid Earth Dynamics

ESSC/EESC 2130 Fundamental Geoscience Fieldwork

ESSC/EESC 3100 Structural Geology

ESSC/EESC 3110 Geoscience Field Course

ESSC/EESC 3900 Internship

ESSC/EESC 4120 & EASC 5120 Petrology

ESSC/EESC 4130 & EASC 5130 Geomorphology

ESSC/EESC 4602 Selected Topics in Earth System Science (Since 2021 summer)

ESSC/EESC 4810 Senior Project I & ESSC/EESC 4820 Senior Project II (Final Year Projects)

GECC3230 Service Learning Programme in the fields of Orphans in Nepal, 清潔工, Hong Kong Ethic Minority, 執荒者 & Taitung sustainable development

Past

ESSC1000 Exploring The Earth System (2018-2022)

ESSC/EESC 1001 & UGEB 1870 Exploring Earth and Environmental Sciences (2022-2024)

ESSC2110 Geoscience Field Study (2016-17)

ESSC2120 Integrated Geoscience Field Study (2017-2019)

ESSC4160 Marine Geology and Geophysics (2016-17)

GECC1130 Idea of University, Sept 2023

Assisting 2 new courses ESSC4030 (Engineering Geology) and ESSC 4040 (Rock Mechanics and Its Application) by preparing the teaching materials, discussing course syllabus and design. (2021-2024)

Short Courses

Sept. 2019-Present: Geoscience Ambassador Training Scheme

Jan. 2024 “UK-HK Volcano-climate Geoscience Workshop” short course

Sept. 2023 Guest Speaker, GECC1130 Idea of University

Jan 2024 An invited Guest Speaker of an educational geological programme 全港中學地質大搜查

Feb 2023- An invited Guest Speaker of an educational geological programme 全港中學地質大搜查

Sept 2022 delivered the Earth's Secret Minerals (Geoscience Outreach Programme - Educational Workshop)

Jun 2021 Guided a group of artists from a local magazine SAMPLE to a field study and explore to nature and the sustainable development.

May 2020 Delivering a public lecture in Science Faculty Programme “ZOOM into Science Online Lectures

Aug 2019 STEM Training Programme

Mar 2019 Popular Science Talk Series “Zoom in to the Rocks”

Oct 2018 Guiding a geological field study at Sai Kung for Friends of Archaeology

2017 – 2019 Popular Science Talks for secondary schools and Hong Kong Science Museum

Jan-July 2017 SciPOP Contest 2017 (organised by Hong Kong Science Museum)

2010-2013 Facilitator in the EDB year-long gifted education programs

2011-2012 Geo-tour guide and tutor to teach students from local and overseas schools and general public about HK geology, and supervision on Enrichment Program for small-grouped gifted school students

College Affiliation in CUHK

Aug 2023-present: Service Learning Center Associate Director 

Feb 2019-present: Course coordinator of GECC3230 Service-Learning Programme 

June 2018-present: Student Hostel Committee 

Sept. 2019-present: Science and Technology Committee 

Sept 2023: Guest Speaker, GECC1130 Idea of University 

Jan. 2017-Jun. 2019: Members of Non-resident Hall Committee 

Sept.-Dec. 2018: General Education Lecturer of GECC1131 STOT 

Selected Recent Publications

  • Wong, L. N. Y., Lai, V. S. K., Tam, T. P. Y., 2018. Joint Spacing Distribution of granites in Hong Kong. Engineering Geology (245), pp.120-129. 
  • Ng, S. W. P., Whitehouse, M. J., Tam, T. P. Y., Jayasingha, P., Wong, J. P. M., Denyszyn, S. W., Yiu, 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 294, 244-256. 
  • Wu, M.L., Zhao, G.C., Sun, M., Bao, Z., Tam, P.Y., He, Y.H., 2013. Tectonic affinity and reworking of the Archaean Jiaodong Terrane in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton: evidence from LA-ICP-MS U–Pb zircon ages. Geological Magazine, 151(2), 365-371. 
  • Wu, M., Zhao, G.C., Sun, M., Li, S., Bao, Z., Tam, P.Y., Eizenhöefer, P.R., He, Y., 2014. Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes of major lithologies from the Jiaodong Terrane: Implications for the crustal evolution of the Eastern Block of the North China Craton. Lithos (190-191), 71-84. 
  • Li, S.Z., Zhao, G.C., Santosh, M., Liu, X., Dai, L.M., Suo, Y.H., Tam, P.Y., Song, M.C., Wang, P.C., 2012. Paleoproterozoic structural evolution of the southern segment of the Jiao-Li Ji Belt, North China Craton. Precambrian Research 200-203, 59-73. 
  • Wu, M.L., Zhao, G.C., Sun, M., Yin, C.Q., Li, S.Z., Tam, P.Y., 2011. Petrology and P-T path of the Yishui mafic granulites: Implications for tectonothermal evolution of the Western Shandong Complex in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton. Precambrian Research 222-223, 312-324. 
  • Wu, K.K., Zhao, G.C., Sun, M., Yin, C.Q., He, Y.H., Tam, P.Y., 2012. Metamorphism of the Northern Liaoning Complex: Implications for the tectonic evolution of Neoarchean basement of the Eastern Block, North China Craton. Geoscience Frontiers 4(3), 305-320. 

Review Articles

  • Reviewer, Precambrian Research, Hong Kong with the paper entitled “Discovery of granulite-facies metamorphic rocks in the Ji’an area, northeastern Jiao–Liao–Ji Belt, North China Craton: metamorphic P–T evolution and geological implications”, Apr-Aug 2017  
  • Reviewer, Asian Earth Science, Hong Kong with the paper entitled “Early Cretaceous mafic dykes and adakitic volcanic rocks in Western Shandong, North China Craton: Implications for local delamination and Paleo-Pacific slab rollback”, May-Aug 2017  

Edited Conference Proceedings

  • Tam P. Y., 2023. Application of Augmented Reality (AR) technology in understanding and utilisation of natural minerals. CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2023. 
  • Tam P. Y., 2022a. Enhancement of Science Student’s Experiential Learning via Peer Network and Community Projects. CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2022. 
  • Tam P. Y., 2022b. Incorporating Virtual Learning with Intense Field-Base and Laboratory Study. CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2022. 
  • Tam P. Y., Kwok C. F. E., Chu S. Y., Wong T. S. D., 2020. Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Application in Classroom Teaching and Field Study. Poster presentation, EXPO2019/2020. 
  • Hou,W & Tam, P. Y., 2018. First Year’s Practice and Outcomes of the Peer Mentoring Scheme in Earth System Science Programme. Expo 2017. 
  • Tam, P. Y. & Hou W., 2017. E-learning approach of Earth’s System Science. Expo 2017. 
  • Hou W. & Tam. P. Y., 2017. Using YouTube Analytics to enhance the video teaching effectiveness – a case study of ESSC educational videos. Expo 2017. 
  • Tam, P.Y., Zhao G.C., Zhou X.W., Sun, M., Guo, J.H., Li, S.Z., Yin, C.Q., Wu, M.L., He, Y.H., 2011. Metamorphic P-T path and implications of high-pressure pelitic graulites from the Jiaobei massif in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton. Oral presentation at 2011 National Geology Meeting, Xi’an. 
  • Tam, P.Y., Zhao G.C., Liu F.L., Zhou X.W., Sun M., Li S.Z., 2010. SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages of high-pressure mafic and politic granulites and associated rocks in the Jiaobei massif: Constraints on the metamorphic ages of the Paleoproterozoic Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt in the North China Craton. Poster presentation at The Meeting of the Americas, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil, 8-13 August. 
  • Tam, P.Y., Zhao G.C., Liu F.L., Zhou X.W., Guo, J.H., 2009. SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages of high-pressure mafic and pelitic granulites and associated rocks from the Jingshan Group in the Jiaodong area. Oral presentation at 2009 National Geology Meeting, Changchun. 
  • Tam, P.Y., Zhao, G.C., 2008. Tectonic models of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt: a review. Oral Presentation at Annual National Symposium on Petrology and Geodynamics, Guiyang, China. 
  • Wong, T.F., Liu, L., Tam, P. Y., Yang, H., 2017. Earth Science in CUHK: Curriculum Development and Research In The First Five Years. 35th Anniversary Conference of GSHK. 
  • Wu, M.L., Zhao, G.C., Sun, M., Yin, C.Q., Li, S.Z., Tam, P.Y., Bao, Z., 2012. Zircon ages, HF Isotopesa nd PT path of the Yishui Complex: implications for the crust growth and tectonic thermal evolution of the Eastern Block of the North China Craton. Geological Society of America with Programs 44(7). 

Research Grants

  • 2024-2026 Co-I of Knowledge Transfer Project Fund (KPF) 2023/24 entitled “Understanding Natural Hazards: From Peer Reviewed Publications to Digital Animated Videos in Social Media”, KPF24SCC28, HK$395,000.00 
  • 2016-2018 Co-I of Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research (2016-2018) for the project “Joint spacing distribution of granites in Hong Kong” 
  • 2015-2016 Co-I of Hung Hing Ying Physical Sciences Research Fund (2015-2016) for the project  “The age, origin and tectonic history of the Vijayan Complex, Sri Lanka” 

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