I am thrilled to take the helm of The Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS) HKU and build upon the legacy of Prof. Gray Williams in elevating Hong Kong’s premier marine institution. With the support of The University of Hong Kong and the Swire Trust - we will achieve even greater heights in marine conservation and innovation.

Congrats Lindsay Agvent on capping off a fantastic MS thesis with an awesome thesis defense. It's been so fun watching you grow as a scientist and so amazing getting to know you as a person. I'm so proud of you.

🚨New paper in Science Magazine! We reviewed the past, present, and future #ecological roles of #sharks in a changing #ocean, and what effective #restoration might look like 🦈Grateful to be part of this amazing team led by Simon Dedman & Jerry Moxley, Ph.D 🔗doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

🚨hot off the press🚨 Maximum hiatus duration, not incompleteness impacts our ability to recover the mode of evolution from fossil data, which favors the recognition of both stasis and complex modes #stratigraphy #paleontology bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Urban tropical marine #biodiversity has been understudied. Scientists The Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS) HKU, using metabarcoding & sampling structures known as ARMS, showed that biodiversity of invertebrates in Hong Kong seas is remarkably high, even at highly impacted sites. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.111…

Come work with us at Australian Institute of Marine Science! We are recruiting an Experimental Scientist in Predictive Phenotyping. First up will be finding traits underpinning thermal resilience of Great Barrier Reef corals. Permanent position. Please share! tinyurl.com/5n6hu93m

Some wonderful #scicomm about corals and #coral bleaching from my friends here at STRI! Carrie Sims Smithsonian Panama Mundo Verde: Corales sin color tvn-2.com/mundo-verde/vi… via TVN Noticias

My toxic trait is feeling proud/accomplished when I submit a quality manuscript review, even though the journals don't pay us, the authors are paying thousands to publish the work, and we get no professional credit for it other than it being "how science works" #AcademicTwitter

Who is the best person to talk to about #AI – a computer scientist, a psychologist or a philosopher? Learning about AI is important, because it is now everywhere. Using AI, scientists make breakthroughs once considered impossible. AI is changing how we create art, socialise,

Swire Coastal Outreach Hub Opens to Promote Marine Conservation and Research. HKU’s Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS) inaugurated the opening of the Swire Coastal Outreach Hub (SCOH), funded by the Swire Group Charitable Trust, with a grand opening ceremony today. SWIMS

🌳 The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado: Plant and Ecosystem Science (Volumes 1 & 2) are online 📚 The first of a series of volumes on the scientific #research & history of #STRI on BCI is now available online in English. Download here s.si.edu/496lseN

It’s happening! Join us in Sept 2025 for a new Master of Science in Integrative Marine Ecology and Conservation where we will explore the oceans with top international scientists. Admissions open mid-December The University of Hong Kong The Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS) HKU portal.hku.hk/tpg-admissions…

Much more research is needed to understand the implications of these results, and hopefully ongoing studies focused on isotopes and the bioarchaeology of childhood can help! Also looking forward to many more biodistance studies at this and other sites in the future! 🤓

Many thanks go to Lumila Paula Menéndez for inviting us to participate in this special issue of American Journal of Biological Anthropology, to my amazing coauthors who each helped immensely from data collection to publication, and to Smithsonian Panama and Sistema Nacional de Investigación de Panamá for funding support! ✨

¡Muchas gracias a Lumila Paula Menéndez por invitarnos a participar en este número especial de American Journal of Biological Anthropology, a mis increíbles coautores que ayudaron enormemente desde la recopilación de datos hasta la publicación, y a Smithsonian Panama y Sistema Nacional de Investigación de Panamá por el apoyo financiero! ✨

Wonderful new collaboration alert! My first paper working with archaeologists. See details below from lead author Nicole Smith-Guzmán, PhD ! Smithsonian Panama

The University of Hong Kong prides itself on being a global, international university that attracts top talent from around the world. A great example is our new Integrative Marine Ecology and Conservation (IMEC) MSc. In September, when the programme starts, our students will be

I am so excited to be coordinating this new program. Please share widely!

"We Are All Ocean Connected" Press release for our new #historicalecology paper on human-ocean connections! Read in #philtransb! Smithsonian Panama stri.si.edu/story/we-are-a…

Dr Jon Cybulski Dr. Jonathan Cybulski talks about the his latest paper: Historical Ecology of the Southern Central American Pacific Coast royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… #marinescience #HKU #centralamerica #sustainabledevelopment