Teacher

Dr. Yu holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Biology from Hong Kong Baptist University and a PhD in Biology from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her academic research focuses on ecology and evolutionary biology. In 2024, Dr. Yu joined the Office of University General Education as a lecturer, where she is currently teaching the course ‘In Dialogue with Nature’. She hopes to help students develop an appreciation for the natural world and nurture their sense of wonder for science.

1. Yu, H. Y., Chu, K. H., Tsang, L. M., & Ma, K. Y. (2024). Incomplete lineage sorting and long-branch attraction confound phylogenomic inference of Pancrustacea. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 12, 1243221.
2. Cao, J. Q.*, Tong, W. S*., Hiu, Y. Y*., Tobe, S. S., Bendena, W. G., & Hui, J. H. (2017). The role of MicroRNAs in Drosophila regulation of insulin-like peptides and ecdysteroid signalling: where are we now? In Advances in Insect Physiology (Vol. 53, pp. 55-85). Academic Press. (* = Co-first authors)
3. Yeung, Y. H., Xie, J. Y., Zhao, Y., Yu, H. Y., Chen, C., Lu, W. W., & Qiu, J. W. (2021). Rapid external erosion of coral substrate in subtropical Hong Kong waters. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 169, 112495.