Education

Current Positions

• Lecturer, School of Life Sciences, CUHK

Research Interests

• Earthworm Ecology and Biodiversity
• Soils and the Environment
• Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Functioning
• Sustainability and Environmental Resources Management

Representative Publications

1. Law, M.M.S. & Lai, D.Y.F. * (2021). Impacts of Wetting/Drying Cycles on Short-Term Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in Amynthas Earthworm Casts. Pedosphere. 31:3, 423-432.
2. Law, M.M.S., Jiang, J., Gao, X., Dong, Y., Lai, D.Y.F., & Qiu, J. * (2018). Updated checklist of earthworms from Hong Kong and phylogenetic relationship of Megascolecidae in Pearl River Delta, China. Oral presentation in the 1^st International Earthworm Congress, 24-29 June 2018, Shanghai, China.
3. Law, M.M.S. *, & Lai, D.Y.F. (2018). Interactions between native Amynthas earthworms, temperature, and moisture on burrow characteristics and greenhouse gas fluxes in subtropical grassland soils. Oral presentation in the 1^st International Earthworm Congress, 24-29 June 2018, Shanghai, China.
4. Law, M.M.S. *; Hills, Peter.; & Hau, C.H. Billy. (2017). Engaging Employees in Sustainable Development – a Case Study of Environmental Education and Awareness Training in Hong Kong. Business Strategy and the Environment. 26, 84-97.

Awards

• Faculty/School/Academy of Visual Arts Performance Award in Early Career Teaching 2020, Hong Kong Baptist University
• Earthwatch Shulman Award, Earthwatch Institute (Europe)
• CUHK Golden Jubilee Postgraduate Scholarship 2016/17, CUHK
• Young Scholars Thesis Award, 17th Cross-strait Symposium on Environment, Resource and Ecological Conservation, CERECA
• Zhongjian Dongfang Gao’s Scholarship for Resource Management Study, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Professional Activities

• 2020-22 Agricultural Products Scholarship Fund Advisory Committee (APSFAC), Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, HKSAR