Education
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2016 University of Hong Kong (HKSAR)
Masters of Philosophy (MPhil) in Ecology & Biodiversity
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2013 Johns Hopkins University (USA)
Bachelor of Arts (Hons.)
Major: Global Environmental Change & Sustainability
Minor: Entrepreneurship & Management
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Scholarships and Awards
2017 Award for Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student (University of Hong Kong)
2016 Finalist of Famelab Competition Hong Kong
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2014 – 2016 Postgraduate Scholarship funded by the University Grants Committee (UGC, HK)
2013 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF, US)
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Grants
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2020 Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), granted 80,000 USD; Project Title: “NGO Capacity Building and Community Protected Area Development at Stung Sen Ramsar Site, Cambodia”. Role: Lead Proposal Writer
2018 IDEA WILD, granted 750 USD; Project Title: A coral nursery pilot project and long-term water temperature monitoring program in the Bay of Ranobe, Toliara, Madagascar; Role: Principle Investigator
2017 Waitt Foundation Rapid Ocean Conservation (ROC) Grant, granted 7,033 USD; Project Title: Artificial Reef Establishment: Providing Low-cost, Reproducible Solution to Practical Problem; Role: Principle Investigator
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Peer-reviewed Publications
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IE Conti-Jerpe, PD Thompson, CWM Wong, NL Oliveira, NN Duprey, MA Moynihan, DM Baker (2020) Trophic strategy and bleaching resistance in reef-building corals. Science Advances 6(15), eaaz5443.
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CWM Wong, IE Conti-Jerpe, LJ Raymundo, C Dingle, G Araujo, A Ponzo, DM Baker (2019) Whale shark tourism: impacts on coral reefs in the Philippines. Environmental Management 63(2), 282–291.
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Press release: https://www.lamave.org/press-releases/scientific-study-coral-reef-degradation-oslob
https://www.scifac.hku.hk/press/release/coral-degradation-in-Cebu
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K Kang, Y Ni, J Li, L Imamovic, C Sarkar, MD Kobler, Y Heshiki, T Zheng, S Kumari, JCY Wong, A Archana, CWM Wong, CE Dingle, S Denizen, DM Baker, MOA Sommer, CJ Webster, G Panagiotou (2018) The metro system may modulate the skin microbiome and resistome by its environmental exposures and the inner- and inter-city traffic flows. Cell Reports 24, 1190-1202.
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In the news: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2158031/diverse-bacteria-hong-kong-mtr-living-reflection?fbclid=IwAR0GW_iq7rvSD9r4s4R2XJhAGEjRgnIkRK7_ikVpO4c2w3vc4zeeIuRfSOQ
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NN Duprey, SE McIlroy, TPT Ng, PD Thompson, T Kim, JCY Wong, CWM Wong, SM Husa, SMH Li, GA Williams, DM Baker (2017) Facing a wicked problem with optimism: issues and priorities for coral conservation in Hong Kong. Biodiversity and Conservation 26(11), 2521-2545.
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CWM Wong, NN Duprey, DM Baker (2017) New insights on the nitrogen footprint of a coastal megalopolis from coral-hosted Symbiodinium δ15N. Environmental Science and Technology 51(4), 1981-1987.
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Conferences
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CWM Wong. "EMBRACE Project, Positive Deviance (PD)/Hearth Component." Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Civil Society Alliance Cambodia Annual Workshop 2018, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Oral Presentation)
CWM Wong, NN Duprey, DM Baker. “Porites-hosted Symbiodinium δ15N reveals seasonally changing nitrogen sources across Hong Kong’s marine environment.” 13th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) 2016, Hawaii, USA (Poster Presentation)
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CWM Wong, IE Conti-Jerpe, LJ Raymundo, CE Dingle, A Ponzo, DM Baker. “The Environmental Cost of Eco-tourism: Assessing the Impacts of Whale Shark Tourism on Coral Communities in Tan-awan, Cebu, the Philippines.” Graduate Consortium of Ecology and Conservation 2015, Guangzhou, China (Oral Presentation)
CWM Wong, NN Duprey, A Anand, DM Baker. “Insight into anthropogenic nitrogen sources to coral communities in an urbanized seascape.” International Conference on Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Marine Ecosystems 2015, Hong Kong (Poster Presentation) & 7th University Consortium on Aquatic Sciences 2015, Xiamen, China (Oral Presentation)
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