Billions of bacteria populate the air, earth and oceans, and millions of different bacterial species live in invisible worlds around us – populating everything from the surface of our teeth to the thermal vents in ocean depths. The Hong Kong Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) plans to tap this plentiful resource. And, headed by microbiologist Prof Staffan Kjelleberg, 59, it hopes to use biofilms – made up of bacteria and other micro-organisms that cling to surfaces – in its research for diverse applications, from fighting infectious diseases to cleaning polluted waters. The SCELSE – a Research Centre of Excellence set to open early next year and funded by a $120 million grant from the National Research Foundation and the Education Ministry - expects in the next 5 years to have 25 faculty members and, by the end of a decade, to produce 100 graduate students and 40 post-doctoral fellows.
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Message from Dean
Associate Professor Annie
Dean, Office of Executive & Professional Education
"In every university, Executive Education provides the major link to the industry. We close the loop from undergraduate, graduate to executive education and the learning never stops. Together with our partners, HKFC's faculty share in the two-way learning process that makes teaching so relevant, up-to-date and exciting. I believe executive education at HKFC adds significant value to management education not only in Hong Kong but regionally." |
