Prof. CHOW Tat Shing Alex 周達誠
Chairman & Professor
-Ph.D. Hydrologic Science, University of California, Davis
-M.Sc. Hydrologic Science, University of California, Davis
-B.Sc. Chemistry with minor in Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Room 313, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building
3943 5433

Academic Employments
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Research Fields and Current Research Interests
- Megacity Biogeochemistry
- Source Water Quality and Drinking Water Treatability
- Biogeochemical Cycles and Ecosystem Services
Representative Publications
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Honours and Awards
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Professional Activities
Current
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Past
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Teaching
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- EESC 3540 Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis, CUHK
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Past
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- FNR 8930/8931 Optical Properties of Dissolved Organic Matter, Clemson University
- ESE 435 Water and Wastewater Treatment, South China University of Technology
- CHEM 233 Organic Chemistry, San Francisco State University
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College Affiliation in CUHK
United College
Selected Recent Publications
- Magliozzi LJ, Matiasek SJ, Alpers CN, Korak JA, McKnight D, Foster AL, Ryan JN, Roth DA, Ku P, Tsui MTK, Chow AT, and Webster JP (2024). Wildland-urban interface wildfire increases metal contributions to stormwater runoff in Paradise, California. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. 26: 667-685.
- Bruce TJ, Trettin CC, Noel ZA, Chow AT, Warden K, Roghair C, and Farmer TM (2023) A case study of epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) caused by Aphanomyces invadans in eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) from the headwaters of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Journal of Fish Diseases. 47: e13895.
- Seyfried GS, Chow AT, and O’Halloran TL (2023) Salinization, inundation and tree morality interact to affect greenhouse gas emissions from stressed coastal forests. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 184: 109101.
Review Articles
- Ullah R, Tsui MTS, Chow AT, Chen H, Clinton W, Ligaba-Osena A (2023) Micro(nano)plastic pollution in terrestrial ecosystem: emphasis on impacts of polystyrene on soil biota, plants, animals, and humans. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 195: 252.
- Chow AT, Ulus Y, Huang GC, Kline MA, Cheah WY (2022) Challenges in quantifying and characterizing dissolved organic carbon – Sampling, isolation, storage, and analysis. Journal of Environmental Quality 51(5): 837-871 [Invited Review Paper]
Research Grants
- Designing smart floating wetlands to optimize ecosystem services for Hong Kong urban environment. Environmental and Conservation Fund (2023 – 2025). 151/2023. Total $500,000 HKD
- How do wildfire and post-fire precipitation influence fate and transport of pyrogenic organic carbon and nitrogen in terrestrial-aquatic interfaces? US Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Large-Scale Research (2023 – 2025), 60792, In-kind value of Support: $100,000 USD.
- Understand natural hazards: From Peer reviewed publications to animated videos in social media. CUHK Knowledge Transfer Project Fund, $395,000 HKD.