Chow Ka Lai, Karen

Lecturer II
Geography
Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong

Biography

Ph.D., Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong B.Sc. (Hons.) in Applied Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Research Intrest

Persistent Organic Pollutants in sewage; Environmental remediation; Constructed wetland in sewage treatment

List of Publications
Man, Y.B., Chow, K.L., Kang, Y., Wong, M.H., 2013. Mutagenicity and genotoxicity of Hong Kong soils contaminated by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and dioxins/furans. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis, 752: 47-46.
Man, Y.B., Chow, K.L., Man, M., Lam, J.C.W., Lau, F.T.K., Fung, W.C., Wong, M.H., 2015. Profiles and removal efficiency of polybrominated diphenyl ethers by two different types of sewage treatment work in Hong Kong. Science of the Total Environment, 505: 261-268. Ka Lai Chow and Yu Bon Man contributed equally to this work.
Man, Y.B., Chow, K.L., Wang, H.S., Sun, X.L., Wu, S.C., Cai, Z.W., Kang, Y., Li, H., Zheng, J.S., Giesy, J.P., Wong, M.H., 2015. Human health risk assessment of soil dioxin/furans contamination and dioxin-like activity determined by ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase bioassay. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 22: 5218-27.
Chow, K.L., Man, Y.B., Tam, N.F.Y., Liang, Y., Wong, M.H., 2015. Uptake and transport mechanisms of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) by rice (Oryza sativa). Chemosphere, 119: 1262-1267.
Man, Y.B., Chow, K.L., Cheng, Z., Mo, W.Y., Chan, Y.H., Lam, J.C.W., Lau, F.T.K., Fung, W.C., Wong, M.H., (2016). Profiles and removal efficiency of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by two different types of sewage treatment plants in Hong Kong. Journal of Environmental Sciences, In Press.