Positions held
| 1981-1984 | THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER | |
| B.Sc. (Hons) Biology 1st Class Degree | ||
| 1984-1987 | BRISTOL UNIVERSITY | |
| Research forPh.D Degree - Awarded 15/12/87. Funded by Natural Environment Research Council - Supervisor Dr. Colin Little "Niche Partitioning in Littorina obtusata and L. mariae." | ||
| 1988-1989 | LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY - Port Erin Marine Laboratory | |
| Competitive NERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship "The role of epiphytic micro-algal grazers in structuring low shore communities" |
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| 1989 to date | THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG | |
| Lecturer, Associate Professor and Professor (Department of Botany, Department of Ecology & Biodiversity and School of Biologicals Sciences); researcher at the Swire Institute of Marine Science. | ||
| 1997 | THE UNIVERSITY OF FIRENZE, ITALY | |
| Visiting Professor, The Department of Animal Biology and Genetics | ||
| 1999-2000 | THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM, UK | |
| Research Fellow and Universitas 21 Fellow, School of Life Sciences | ||
| 2003 to date | THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG | |
| Honorary Director, The Swire Institute of Marine Science | ||
| 2008 | KING MONGKUT'S INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGY, BANGKOK | |
| Appointed Graduate Supervisor | ||
| 2010 to date | XIAMEN UNIVERSITY, CHINA | |
| Guest Professor |