Terence P.T. Ng
Intertidal ecologist
EDUCATION
2013 Ph.D., The University of Hong Kong
2008 B.Sc., City University of Hong Kong
CURRENT APPOINTMENT
PAST ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2017-present Honorary/Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Biologial Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
2014-2017 Post Doctoral Fellow, The Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong
Summer 2014 Visiting Scientist, The Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Sciences- Tjärnö, University of Gothenburg
2013-2014 Senior Research Assistant, The Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong
2006-2008 Part-time Research Assistant, Marine Ecology Laboratory, City University of Hong Kong
Summer 2007 Internship, Environment Protection Authority (EPA), Victoria, Australia
AWARDS
2012 Annual Award of The Malacological Society of London (Best PhD thesis)
2012 Award for Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student HKU
2012 Best Presentation Award, The 4th UCAS Postgraduate Symposium: Understanding and Managing
our Aquatic Environment, 5-9 March, Xiamen University
2012 Champion, Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT), HKU
2012 People's Choice Award, Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT), HKU
GRANTS
2016 Project manager and main proposal contributor, General Research Fund, Research Grant Council, granted
HKD 992,301, Project title: Adaptive capacity of marine snails: Can sexual selection hasten or obstruct
adaptation in an era of global warming?
2015 PI, Small Project Funding, HKU, granted HKD 48,048, Project title: Screening of trail pheromone signals in
gastropod mucus using a shotgun proteomic approach
Project manager and main proposal contributor, General Research Fund, Research Grant Council, granted
HKD 712,083, Project title: Environmentally induced changes in behavioural responses and selection
pressures: predicting the fate of high shore snails under a warming climate
Team member and main proposal contributor, Environment and Conservation Fund, granted HKD 4,233,490
Project title: Assessing the marine biodiversity and ecology of Tolo Harbour and Channel, with particular
reference to coastal marine environments of Ting Kok and Shuen Wan Hoi – phase I
2014 Co-I, Small Project Funding, HKU, granted HKD 46,327
Project title: Phenotypic plasticity of thermal tolerance: do snails from different intertidal habitats
exhibit localised thermal acclimation?
Summer 2014 PI, Research scholarship for international researcher, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,
granted SEK 110,000
Project title: Metabolomics of gastropod mucus trails - in search of snail chemical communication.
TEACHING
2015 Guest lecture in field course (Topic: Introduction to Mangroves), BIOL 0625 Ecology &
Evolution, SBS, HKU
2014 Guest lecture (Topic: Sexual selection), BIOL2625 / BIOL4303 Animal Behaviour, SBS, HKU
2013 Guest lecture in field course (Topic: Introduction to Mangroves), BIOL 0625 Ecology &
Evolution, SBS, HKU
2013-2015 Lectures (Topic: Intertidal ecology) and field trips, High school visits to The Swire Institute
of Marine Science, HKU
2013-2014 Guest lectures (Topic: Mangrove ecosystem) and field trips, Tai Tam Tuk Eco Education Centre, HK
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Terence P.T. Ng, Sarah L.Y. Lau, Laurent Seuront, Mark S. Davies, Richard Stafford, David J. Marshall, Gray A. Williams (2016) Linking behaviour and climate change: insights from intertidal snails. The 16th congress of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology, 28 Jul-3rd Aug, University of Exeter, U.K.
Terence P. T. Ng, Sarah L. Y. Lau, Mark S. Davies, Laurent Seuront, Gray A. Williams (2015) Doing the right thing at the right time: behavioural partitioning in tropical littorinid snails. Aquatic biodiversity and ecosystems, 30 Aug-4th Sept, University of Liverpool, U.K.
Terence P. T. Ng, Martin C. F. Cheng, Kenneth M. Y. Leung, Gray A. Williams (2015) A comprehensive literature review of marine biodiversity in Hong Kong. International Conference on Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Marine Ecosystems 2015 (BECoME 2015), 1-4 June, The University of Hong Kong
Terence P. T. Ng, Mark S. Davies, Richard Stafford, Gray A. Williams (2014) Battle for females: male fighting behaviour in littorinids. 11th International Symposium on Littorinid Biology and Evolution (ISOLBE), 28 July-1st August, The University of Hong Kong
Terence P. T. Ng, Sara H. Saltin, Mark S. Davies, Kerstin Johannesson, Richard Stafford, Gray A. Williams (2014) Sex on the beach: a cocktail of behavioural repertoires which drive size-assortative mating in rocky shore littorinids?10th International Temperate Reef Symposium (ITRS), 12-17 January, The University of Western Australia
Terence P. T. Ng (2013) Reproductive behaviour of mangrove littorinid snails: how do males successfully mate with females? 10th International Symposium on Littorinid Biology and Evolution (ISOLBE), 24-29 July, Saint-Petersburg State University
GUEST PRESENTATIONS/ INVITED TALKS
Terence P.T. Ng (2016) Hong Kong's Marine Biodiversity: the Unseen Wealth of South China's Megalopolis. Marine Parks and Marine Ecological Resources Public Seminar 2016, Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Hong Kong SAR Government
Terence P. T. Ng (2015) Sexy behaviours of marine snails: small animals tell big stories. THINK@Café, HKU
Terence P. T. Ng (2014) Sexual selection in marine snails using littorinids as models. The Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Sciences- Tjärnö, University of Gothenburg
Terence P. T. Ng (2013) My exciting PhD journey. Speaker's hour, Island School, Hong Kong.
REVIEWER SERVICES
Animal Behaviour
Animal Biology
Behavioural Processes
Brain and Behaviour
Bulletin of Marine Science
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Journal of Molluscan Studies
Journal of Thermal Biology
Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology
ZooKeys
Regional Studies in Marine Science
OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
2016 Chief editor, Hong Kong Register of Marine Species (HKRMS) http://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/
2015 Survey leader, BioBlitz Hong Kong, 24-25 October 2015, Tai Tam
2014 Organizing committee, 11th International Symposium on Littorinid Biology and Evolution
(ISOLBE), 28 July-1st August, HKU
2014 Participant, The Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology (CeMEB) 11th Assembly, 9-11
April, University of Gothenburg
2013 Participant, Workshop on Biomimetic Sensors for Autonomous Temperature Logging in the
Coastal Environment, 14-17 January, SWIMS, HKU
2012 Participant, 1st Interdisciplinary Symposium on Ocean Acidification and Climate Change (ISOACC),
12-14 December, HKU
Spring 2010 Participant, MSc field course on Coastal Ecology at Tsitsikamma National Park, University of
Johannesburg, South Africa
2009 Participant, Western Pacific Littorinid Workshop, 15-18 June, SWIMS, HKU
2008-2011 Co-Founder and chairman of the University Consortium on Aquatic Sciences (UCAS), a
postgraduate exchange network between Xiamen University and HKU (and now also with
National Taiwan Ocean University
Summer 2008 Participant, University Sponsorship Programme, Ocean Park Conservation Foundation (HK);
involved in a marine turtle conservation project in Sri Lanka