Ka Yan Ma
马嘉欣

Principal InvestigatorAssociate Professor

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Born and raised in Hong Kong.
Always been amazed by the beauty of the sea and hills,
and the creatures living in them.

CV

Education

2010 - 2015 PhD in Marine Biology
James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
2006 - 2008 MPhil in Biology
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
2003 - 2006 BSc in Biology
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Work Experience

2020 - present: Associate Professor
Sun Yat-sen University, China
2018 - 2020: Postdoctoral fellow
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
2015 - 2018: Research Associate
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
2009 - 2010: Research Assistant
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Grants & Awards

2023-2025
国家自然科学基金，青年科学基金项目，基于系统发育基因组学的华南溪蟹生物地理历史研究，主持
2021-2024
广东省基础与应用基础研究基金，青年基金项目，系统发育基因组学探讨胸孔亚派螃蟹的适应性进化的时空演变格局，主持
2012
Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award, in the category of Natural Sciences (Second Class), from the Ministry of Education, China
2010 - 2014
James Cook University International Research Scholar
2008
Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Research Fellowship

Skills

SCUBA (Advance Open Water)
Programming: R, python, shell script

Ka Yan Ma
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