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Dr. YU Howard (余國賢博士)

Lecturer II

Quaternary Geology, Sedimentology, Micropaleontology, Geochemistry

Office:WYS 1220A
Tel:(852) 3411 6780
Email:howardyu@hkbu.edu.hk
 
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Earth Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Master of Science in Geoscience, University College London, United Kingdom
  • Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) in Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Coastal environment
  • Sea-level change
  • Paleotempestology
  • Paleoseismology
  • Paleoecology
  • Coastal hazard
TEACHING
  • GEOG2006 Earth Systems: Shaping Landscapes
  • GEOG2007 Statistics for the Social Sciences
  • GEOG2016 Earth Systems: Atmosphere and Biosphere
  • GEOG3005 Field Camp
  • GEOG4015 Coastal Environments and Processes
  • GEOG4047 Resource and Environmental Management in China
  • GEOG4057 Selected Topics in the Geography of China (Physical and Environmental Geography)
ACADEMIC SERVICES
  • Fellow of Geological Society of London (FGS)
  1. Co-investigator. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department: The ancient coastal environment and vegetation evolution in the Northeast New Territories Sedimentary Rock Region of the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark. 05/2026 – 05/2027. $HKD 50,000.

  1. Yu, H. K. Y., Khan, N. S., Desianti, N., Garrett, E., Planavsky, N. J., & Ahmed, A. (2025). The utility of mangrove foraminifera, diatoms, and stable carbon isotope and C/N geochemistry in relative sea-level reconstruction in the Pearl River Delta, China. Marine Geology, 488, 107610.

  2. Liu, Z., Khan, N. S., Yu, H. K. Y., Chung, A., Schweizer, M., & Schunter, C. (2025). Foraminiferal environmental DNA reveals late Holocene sea-level changes. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 1029.

  3. Qin, Y., Li, T., Nordsvan, A. R., Lin, Y., Peng, D., Gu, Y., Yu, H. K. Y., Tian, L., Nahm, W.-H., Mukherjee, U., McKenzie, R., & Khan, N. S. (2026). Modern anthropogenic subsidence rivals deglacial meltwater pulse rates in the Bohai and Yellow Seas. Communications Earth & Environment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03889-y

  4. Liu, Z., Khan, N. S., Yu, H. K. Y., Schweizer, M., Walker, J. S., & Schunter, C. (2026). Temporal and spatial variability of mudflat and mangrove foraminiferal eDNA assemblages and its implication for sea-level reconstruction. The Journal of Micropalaeontology (In press).