Staff Profile

Biography

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

• Microplastics monitoring in environmental waters
• Laboratory management
• Authentication of Chinese Materia Medica
• Detection and characterization of toxic substances
• Application of probiotic bacteria in food processing
• Environmental studies and monitoring

Academic & Professional Experience

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

• Tse, Y.-T., Chan, S.M.-N., Sze, E.T.-P. (2022) Quantitative Assessment of Full Size Microplastics in Bottled and Tap Water Samples in Hong Kong. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 19, 13432. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013432
• Sung, J.C.-C., Lai, N.C.-Y., Wu, K.-C., Choi, M.-C., Ma, C.H.-Y., Lin, J., Kuok, C.-N., Leong, W.-L., Lam, W.-K., Hamied, Y.K., Lam, D.M.-K., Sze, E.T.-P., Kwong, K.W.-Y. (2022) Safety and Immunogenicity of Inactivated Bacillus subtilis Spores as a Heterologous Antibody Booster for COVID-19 Vaccines, Vaccines, 10, 1014. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10071014
• Chan, K.-K., Tam, N.F.-Y., Ng, C., Kwok, C.S.-N., Xu, S.J.-L., Sze, E.T.-P., Lee, F.W.-F. (2021) Proteome Response of Meretrix Bivalves Hepatopancreas Exposed to Paralytic Shellfish Toxins Producing Dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 9, 1039, https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9091039
• Fong F.L.Y., El-Nezami, H., Sze E.T.P. (2021) Biogenic amines – Precursors of carcinogens in traditional Chinese fermented food, NFS Journal, 23, 52-57, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nfs.2021.04.002
• Tsang, Y.Y., Mak, C.W., Liebich, C., Lam, S.W., Sze, E. T-P., Chan, K.M. (2020), “Spatial and temporal variations of coastal microplastic pollution in Hong Kong”, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 161, Part B, 111765, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111765
• Fong, F.L.Y., Lam, K.Y., Lau C.S., Ho, K.H., Kan, Y.H., Poon, M.Y., El-Nezami, H., Sze, E.T.P. (2020) Reduction in biogenic amines in douchi fermented by probiotic bacteria. PLoS ONE 15(3): e0230916. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230916
• Wu, K.C., Yau, Y.H., Sze, E.T.P. (2020) Application of anaerobic bacterial ammonification pretreatment to microalgal food waste leachate cultivation and biofuel production, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 153, 111007, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111007.
• Chan, R.C.H., Lam, S.S.W., Fong, F.L.Y., Chan, D.T.W., Lee, F.W.F., Sze, E.T.P. (2018) Optimization of protein extraction and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis profiles for the identification of Cordyceps sinensis and other similar species, PLoS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202779
• Chan, K.K., Kwok, C. S.-N., Sze, T.-P. E., Lee, F. W.-F. (2018), Evaluation of the Use of TRIzol-Based Protein Extraction Approach for Gel-Based Proteomic Analysis of Dried Seafood Products and Chinese Tonic Foods, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19, 1998.
• Tsang, Y.Y., Mak, C.W., Liebich, C., Lam, S.W., Sze, E. T-P., Chan, K.M. (2017) Microplastic Pollution in Marine Waters and Sediments of Hong Kong, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 115, 20
• Chan, T.-W. D., Duan, L., Sze, T.-P. E. (2002) Accurate mass measurements for peptide and protein mixtures by using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization Fourier transform mass spectrometry (MALDI-FTMS), Analytical Chemistry, 74, 5282
• Tsang, C-W., Yang, Q., Sze, E.T-P., Mak, T.C.W., Chan, T-W.D., Xie, Z. (2000) Weakly Coordinating Nature of a Carborane Cage Bearing Different Halogen Atoms. Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Icosahedral Mixed Halocarborane Anions, 1-H-CB11Y5X6- (X, Y = Cl, Br, I), Inorganic Chemistry, 39, 5851
• Tsang, C-W., Yang, Q., Sze, E.T-P., Mak, T.C.W., Chan, T-W.D., Xie, Z. (2000) Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Highly Chlorinated, Brominated, Iodinated, and Methylated Carborane Anions, 1-H-CB9X9-, 1-NH2-CB9X9-(X = Cl, Br, I), and 1-H-CB9(CH3)9-, Inorganic Chemistry, 39, 3582
• Sze, E.T-P. and Chan, T-W.D. (1999) Time-of-flight effects in matrix-assisted laser desorption / ionization Fourier transform mass spectrometry, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 13, 1
• Xie, Z., Tsang, C-W., Sze, E.T-P., Yang, Q., Chan, T-W.D. and Mak, T.C.W. (1998) Highly Chlorinated, brominated, and iodinated icosahedral carbonane anions: 1-H-CB11X11-, 1-CH3-CB11-X11- (X = Cl, Br, I); 1-Br-CB11B11-, Inorganic Chemistry, 37, 6444
• Sze, E.T.P., Wang, G. and Chan, T-W.D. (1998) Formulation of matrix solutions for use in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) of Biomoelcules, Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 9, 166

Selected Professional & Community Services

• Vice President, Hong Kong Institution of Certified Auditors
• Member, Curriculum Development Council – HKEAA Committee on Chemistry
• Manager (Independent) of the Incorporated Management Committee, Cho Yiu Catholic Primary School

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