Paul Ks ShinDr. Paul K.S. Shin is an Emeritus Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry (formerly the Department of Biology and Chemistry) at the City University of Hong Kong. He is a benthic community ecologist. His research focuses on the composition nd structure of marine benthic communities in response to environmental perturbations, ranging from events of pollution, dredging, bottom trawling, to hypoxia. He is also interested in the functioning and trophodynamics of benthic ecosystems, the ecology of artificial reefs, and marine conservation, especially of "living fossils" in the sub-tropics, including lancelets and horseshoe crabs. Dr. Shin is a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, UK, and has extensive experience in environmental consulting for the government and international funding agencies such as the World and Asian Development Banks. Currently, he serves as the Co-Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Horseshoe Crab Specialist Group. He is an Associate Editor of the Marine Pollution Bulletin published by Elsevier. Read More Read Less