Faculty Profiles - YUNG Charmaine | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Charmaine YUNG
容卓敏

PhD in Marine Science and Conservation
Duke University, 2016

Assistant Professor
Department of Ocean Science

(852) 3469 2825
ccmyung@ust.hk
Room CYT 5004
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ORCID

0000-0002-1316-2530

Scopus ID

56494404700

Research Interest Publications Projects Teaching Assignment RPG Supervision Space used

Research Interest

Biological oceanography
Marine microbial ecology
Viral ecology
Picophytoplankton
Global climate change

Publications

All Years 18 2024 4 2023 2 2022 2 2021 3 2020 0 2019 1 2018 6

2024 4

Genomic characterisation and ecological distribution of Mantoniella tinhauana: a novel Mamiellophycean green alga from the Western Pacific

Frontiers in Microbiology, v. 15, May 2024, article number 1358574
Rey Redondo, Carmen Elvira; Xu, Yangbing; Yung, Cheuk Man
Article

Gradients of bacteria in the oceanic water column reveal finely-resolved vertical distributions

PLoS ONE, v. 19, (4), April 2024, article number e0298139
Harbeitner, Rachel; Wittmers, Fabian; Yung, Charmaine; Eckmann, Charlotte; Hehenberger, Elisabeth; Blum, Marguerite; Needham, David; Worden, Alexandra
Article

Quantification of Polyphosphate in Environmental Planktonic Samples Using a Novel Fluorescence Dye JC-D7

Environmental Science & Technology, v. 58, (32), July 2024, p. 14249-14259
Yang, Xingyu; Gao, Rixuan; Li, Jiying; Zhang, Qiong; Yung, Cheuk Man; Yin, Hongbin
Article

Revealing the intricate temporal dynamics and adaptive responses of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes in the coastal South China Sea

Science of the Total Environment, v. 952, November 2024, article number 176019, p. 1-14
Xu, Wenqian; Xu, Yangbing; Sun, Ruixian; Rey Redondo, Carmen Elvira; Leung, Ka Kiu; Wan, Siu Hei; Li, Jiying; Yung, Cheuk Man
Article

2023 2

Choanoflagellates alongside diverse uncultured predatory protists consume the abundant open- ocean cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 120, (27), July 2023, article number e2302388120
Wilken, Susanne; Yung, Charmaine C. M.; Poirier, Camille; Massana, Ramon; Jimenez, Valeria; Worden, Alexandra Z.
Article

Coral thermal resilience and gene expression after acclimatisation to semi-diurnal cooling

Intan, Angelica Grace; Yung, Cheuk Man; Wyatt, Alex
Conference paper

2022 2

Diversity and Evolution of Mamiellophyceae: Early-Diverging Phytoplanktonic Green Algae Containing Many Cosmopolitan Species

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, v. 10, (2), February 2022, article number 240
Yung, Charmaine C.M.; Rey redondo, Carmen Elvira; Sanchez, Frederic; Yau, Sheree; Piganeau, Gwenael
Article

The microbiome of a bacterivorous marine choanoflagellate contains a resource-demanding obligate bacterial associate

Nature Microbiology, v. 7, (9), September 2022, p. 1466-1479
Needham, David M.; Poirier, Camille; Bachy, Charles; George, Emma E.; Wilken, Susanne; Yung, Cheuk Man; Limardo, Alexander J.; Morando, Michael; Sudek, Lisa; Malmstrom, Rex R.; Keeling, Patrick J.; Santoro, Alyson E.; Worden, Alexandra Z.
Article

2021 3

Selective uptake of pelagic microbial community members by Caribbean reef corals

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, v. 87, (9), May 2021, article number e03175-20
Hoadley, D Kenneth; Hamilton, Maria; Poirier, L Camille; Choi, Chang Jae; Yung, Cheuk Man; Worden, Alexandra
Article

Spatiotemporal Variations in Antarctic Protistan Communities Highlight Phytoplankton Diversity and Seasonal Dominance by a Novel Cryptophyte Lineage

mBio, v. 12, (6), December 2021, article number e02973-21
Hamilton, Maria; Mascioni, Martina; Hehenberger, Elisabeth; Bachy, Charles; Yung, Charmaine; Vernet, Maria; Worden, Alexandra
Article

Viruses infecting a warm water picoeukaryote shed light on spatial co-occurrence dynamics of marine viruses and their hosts

The ISME Journal, 11 May 2021
Bachy, Charles; Yung, Cheuk Man; Needham, David M.; Gazitua, Maria Consuelo; Roux, Simon; Limardo, Alexander; Choi, Chang Jae; Jorgens, Danielle M.; Sullivan, Matthew B.; Worden, Alexandra
Article

2019 1

A distinct lineage of giant viruses brings a rhodopsin photosystem to unicellular marine predators

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 116, (41), October 2019, p. 20574-20583
Needham, David M.; Yoshizawa, Susumu; Hosaka, Toshiaki; Poirier, Camille; Choi, Chang Jae; Hehenberger, Elisabeth; Irwin, Nicholas A.T.; Wilken, Susanne; Yung, Cheuk Man; Bachy, Charles; Kurihaea, Rika; Nakajima, Yu; Kojima, Keiichi; Kimura-someya, Tomomi; Leonard, Guy; Malmstrom, Rex R.; Mende, Daniel; Olson, Daniel K.; Sudo, Yuki; Sudek, Sebastian; Richards, Thomas A.; Delong, Edward F.; Keeling, Patrick J.; Santoro, Alyson E.; Shirouzu, Mikako; Iwasaki, Wataru; Worden, Alexandra Z.
Article

2018 1

A high-resolution time series reveals distinct seasonal patterns of planktonic fungi at a temperate coastal ocean site (Beaufort, North Carolina, USA)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, v. 84, (21), November 2018, article number e00967-18
Duan, Yingbo; Xie, Ningdong; Song, Zhiquan; Ward, Christopher S.; Yung, Cheuk Man; Hunt, Dana E.; Johnson, Zackary I.; Wang, Guangyi
Article

2017 2

Annual community patterns are driven by seasonal switching between closely related marine bacteria

ISME Journal, v. 11, (6), June 2017, p. 1412-1422
Ward, Christopher S.; Yung, Cheuk Man; Davis, Katherine M.; Blinebry, Sara K.; Williams, Tiffany C.; Johnson, Zackary I.; Hunt, Dana E.
Article

Draft genome sequences of three bacterial isolates from cultures of the marine diatom Thalassiosira rotula

Genome Announcements, v. 5, (18), 2017, article number e00316-17
Garcia, Nathan S.; Yung, Cheuk Man; Davis, Katherine M.; Rynearson, Tatiana; Hunt, Dana E.
Article

2016 1

Insensitivity of diverse and temporally variable particle-associated microbial communities to bulk seawater environmental parameters

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, v. 82, (11), June 2016, p. 3431-3437
Yung, Cheuk Man; Ward, Christopher S.; Davis, Katherine M.; Johnson, Zackary I.; Hunt, Dana E.
Article

2015 1

Thermally adaptive tradeoffs in closely related marine bacterial strains

Environmental Microbiology, v. 17, (7), July 2015, p. 2421-2429
Yung, Cheuk Man; Vereen, Marissa K.; Herbert, Amy; Davis, Katherine M.; Yang, Jiayu; Kantorowska, Agata; Ward, Christopher S.; Wernegreen, Jennifer J.; Johnson, Zackary I.; Hunt, Dana E.
Article

2014 1

Characterization of Chasmoendolithic Community in Miers Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Microbial Ecology, v. 68, (2), August 2014, p. 351-359
Yung, Cheuk Man; Chan, Yuki; Lacap, Donnabella C.; Pérez-Ortega, Sergio; de los Rios-Murillo, Asuncion; Lee, Charles K.; Cary, S. Craig; Pointing, Stephen B.
Article

Article 4

Genomic characterisation and ecological distribution of Mantoniella tinhauana: a novel Mamiellophycean green alga from the Western Pacific

Frontiers in Microbiology, v. 15, May 2024, article number 1358574
Rey Redondo, Carmen Elvira; Xu, Yangbing; Yung, Cheuk Man

Gradients of bacteria in the oceanic water column reveal finely-resolved vertical distributions

PLoS ONE, v. 19, (4), April 2024, article number e0298139
Harbeitner, Rachel; Wittmers, Fabian; Yung, Charmaine; Eckmann, Charlotte; Hehenberger, Elisabeth; Blum, Marguerite; Needham, David; Worden, Alexandra

Quantification of Polyphosphate in Environmental Planktonic Samples Using a Novel Fluorescence Dye JC-D7

Environmental Science & Technology, v. 58, (32), July 2024, p. 14249-14259
Yang, Xingyu; Gao, Rixuan; Li, Jiying; Zhang, Qiong; Yung, Cheuk Man; Yin, Hongbin

Revealing the intricate temporal dynamics and adaptive responses of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes in the coastal South China Sea

Science of the Total Environment, v. 952, November 2024, article number 176019, p. 1-14
Xu, Wenqian; Xu, Yangbing; Sun, Ruixian; Rey Redondo, Carmen Elvira; Leung, Ka Kiu; Wan, Siu Hei; Li, Jiying; Yung, Cheuk Man

Article 1

Choanoflagellates alongside diverse uncultured predatory protists consume the abundant open- ocean cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 120, (27), July 2023, article number e2302388120
Wilken, Susanne; Yung, Charmaine C. M.; Poirier, Camille; Massana, Ramon; Jimenez, Valeria; Worden, Alexandra Z.

Conference paper 1

Coral thermal resilience and gene expression after acclimatisation to semi-diurnal cooling

Intan, Angelica Grace; Yung, Cheuk Man; Wyatt, Alex

Article 2

Diversity and Evolution of Mamiellophyceae: Early-Diverging Phytoplanktonic Green Algae Containing Many Cosmopolitan Species

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, v. 10, (2), February 2022, article number 240
Yung, Charmaine C.M.; Rey redondo, Carmen Elvira; Sanchez, Frederic; Yau, Sheree; Piganeau, Gwenael

The microbiome of a bacterivorous marine choanoflagellate contains a resource-demanding obligate bacterial associate

Nature Microbiology, v. 7, (9), September 2022, p. 1466-1479
Needham, David M.; Poirier, Camille; Bachy, Charles; George, Emma E.; Wilken, Susanne; Yung, Cheuk Man; Limardo, Alexander J.; Morando, Michael; Sudek, Lisa; Malmstrom, Rex R.; Keeling, Patrick J.; Santoro, Alyson E.; Worden, Alexandra Z.

Article 3

Selective uptake of pelagic microbial community members by Caribbean reef corals

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, v. 87, (9), May 2021, article number e03175-20
Hoadley, D Kenneth; Hamilton, Maria; Poirier, L Camille; Choi, Chang Jae; Yung, Cheuk Man; Worden, Alexandra

Spatiotemporal Variations in Antarctic Protistan Communities Highlight Phytoplankton Diversity and Seasonal Dominance by a Novel Cryptophyte Lineage

mBio, v. 12, (6), December 2021, article number e02973-21
Hamilton, Maria; Mascioni, Martina; Hehenberger, Elisabeth; Bachy, Charles; Yung, Charmaine; Vernet, Maria; Worden, Alexandra

Viruses infecting a warm water picoeukaryote shed light on spatial co-occurrence dynamics of marine viruses and their hosts

The ISME Journal, 11 May 2021
Bachy, Charles; Yung, Cheuk Man; Needham, David M.; Gazitua, Maria Consuelo; Roux, Simon; Limardo, Alexander; Choi, Chang Jae; Jorgens, Danielle M.; Sullivan, Matthew B.; Worden, Alexandra

Article 1

A distinct lineage of giant viruses brings a rhodopsin photosystem to unicellular marine predators

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 116, (41), October 2019, p. 20574-20583
Needham, David M.; Yoshizawa, Susumu; Hosaka, Toshiaki; Poirier, Camille; Choi, Chang Jae; Hehenberger, Elisabeth; Irwin, Nicholas A.T.; Wilken, Susanne; Yung, Cheuk Man; Bachy, Charles; Kurihaea, Rika; Nakajima, Yu; Kojima, Keiichi; Kimura-someya, Tomomi; Leonard, Guy; Malmstrom, Rex R.; Mende, Daniel; Olson, Daniel K.; Sudo, Yuki; Sudek, Sebastian; Richards, Thomas A.; Delong, Edward F.; Keeling, Patrick J.; Santoro, Alyson E.; Shirouzu, Mikako; Iwasaki, Wataru; Worden, Alexandra Z.

Article 1

A high-resolution time series reveals distinct seasonal patterns of planktonic fungi at a temperate coastal ocean site (Beaufort, North Carolina, USA)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, v. 84, (21), November 2018, article number e00967-18
Duan, Yingbo; Xie, Ningdong; Song, Zhiquan; Ward, Christopher S.; Yung, Cheuk Man; Hunt, Dana E.; Johnson, Zackary I.; Wang, Guangyi

Article 2

Annual community patterns are driven by seasonal switching between closely related marine bacteria

ISME Journal, v. 11, (6), June 2017, p. 1412-1422
Ward, Christopher S.; Yung, Cheuk Man; Davis, Katherine M.; Blinebry, Sara K.; Williams, Tiffany C.; Johnson, Zackary I.; Hunt, Dana E.

Draft genome sequences of three bacterial isolates from cultures of the marine diatom Thalassiosira rotula

Genome Announcements, v. 5, (18), 2017, article number e00316-17
Garcia, Nathan S.; Yung, Cheuk Man; Davis, Katherine M.; Rynearson, Tatiana; Hunt, Dana E.

Article 1

Insensitivity of diverse and temporally variable particle-associated microbial communities to bulk seawater environmental parameters

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, v. 82, (11), June 2016, p. 3431-3437
Yung, Cheuk Man; Ward, Christopher S.; Davis, Katherine M.; Johnson, Zackary I.; Hunt, Dana E.

Article 1

Thermally adaptive tradeoffs in closely related marine bacterial strains

Environmental Microbiology, v. 17, (7), July 2015, p. 2421-2429
Yung, Cheuk Man; Vereen, Marissa K.; Herbert, Amy; Davis, Katherine M.; Yang, Jiayu; Kantorowska, Agata; Ward, Christopher S.; Wernegreen, Jennifer J.; Johnson, Zackary I.; Hunt, Dana E.

Article 1

Characterization of Chasmoendolithic Community in Miers Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Microbial Ecology, v. 68, (2), August 2014, p. 351-359
Yung, Cheuk Man; Chan, Yuki; Lacap, Donnabella C.; Pérez-Ortega, Sergio; de los Rios-Murillo, Asuncion; Lee, Charles K.; Cary, S. Craig; Pointing, Stephen B.

2018 1

A high-resolution time series reveals distinct seasonal patterns of planktonic fungi at a temperate coastal ocean site (Beaufort, North Carolina, USA)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, v. 84, (21), November 2018, article number e00967-18
Duan, Yingbo; Xie, Ningdong; Song, Zhiquan; Ward, Christopher S.; Yung, Cheuk Man; Hunt, Dana E.; Johnson, Zackary I.; Wang, Guangyi
Article

2017 2

Annual community patterns are driven by seasonal switching between closely related marine bacteria

ISME Journal, v. 11, (6), June 2017, p. 1412-1422
Ward, Christopher S.; Yung, Cheuk Man; Davis, Katherine M.; Blinebry, Sara K.; Williams, Tiffany C.; Johnson, Zackary I.; Hunt, Dana E.
Article

Draft genome sequences of three bacterial isolates from cultures of the marine diatom Thalassiosira rotula

Genome Announcements, v. 5, (18), 2017, article number e00316-17
Garcia, Nathan S.; Yung, Cheuk Man; Davis, Katherine M.; Rynearson, Tatiana; Hunt, Dana E.
Article

2016 1

Insensitivity of diverse and temporally variable particle-associated microbial communities to bulk seawater environmental parameters

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, v. 82, (11), June 2016, p. 3431-3437
Yung, Cheuk Man; Ward, Christopher S.; Davis, Katherine M.; Johnson, Zackary I.; Hunt, Dana E.
Article

2015 1

Thermally adaptive tradeoffs in closely related marine bacterial strains

Environmental Microbiology, v. 17, (7), July 2015, p. 2421-2429
Yung, Cheuk Man; Vereen, Marissa K.; Herbert, Amy; Davis, Katherine M.; Yang, Jiayu; Kantorowska, Agata; Ward, Christopher S.; Wernegreen, Jennifer J.; Johnson, Zackary I.; Hunt, Dana E.
Article

2014 1

Characterization of Chasmoendolithic Community in Miers Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Microbial Ecology, v. 68, (2), August 2014, p. 351-359
Yung, Cheuk Man; Chan, Yuki; Lacap, Donnabella C.; Pérez-Ortega, Sergio; de los Rios-Murillo, Asuncion; Lee, Charles K.; Cary, S. Craig; Pointing, Stephen B.
Article

No Publications

Teaching Assignment

2024-25 Fall 2 2023-24 Summer 0 2023-24 Spring 5 2023-24 Winter 0 2023-24 Fall 3 2022-23 Summer 0

OCES3003	Field Methods in Marine Studies
OCES6011G	Postgraduate Seminar

OCES1001	The Earth as a Blue Planet
OCES4964	Ocean Science and Technology Capstone Project Research
OCES4984	Ocean Science and Technology Research Project II
OCES5100	Biological Oceanography
OCES6011F	Postgraduate Seminar

OCES1001	The Earth as a Blue Planet
OCES3003	Field Methods in Marine Studies
OCES6011E	Postgraduate Seminar

No Teaching Assignments

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2021 to December 2024 (As of 21 November 2024)

All Supervisions Current RPGs Graduated RPGs

Current RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

SUN, Ruixian
Marine Environmental Science
WANG, Yijin
Marine Environmental Science
XU, Wenqian
Marine Environmental Science
XU, Yangbing
Marine Environmental Science
REY REDONDO, Carmen Elvira
Marine Environmental Science

Master of Philosophy

LI, Ming Wai
Marine Environmental Science
LEUNG, Ka Kiu
Marine Environmental Science

Graduated RPGs

Master of Philosophy

WAN, Siu Hei
Marine Environmental Science( Completed in 2023 )

Projects

From January 2022 to December 2024

All Projects 4 Leading Projects 2 Participating Projects 2

Study of the regional earth system for sustainable development under climate change in the Greater Bay Area

氣候變化下粵港澳大灣區可持續發展的區域地球系統研究 Participating

RGC - Areas of Excellence Scheme
Project Team (HKUST)
GAN Jianping (Lead)

HE Ding

LAU Stanley Chun Kwan

LI Jiying

LIU Hongbin

QU Huamin

SHI Xiaoming

WYATT Alex

XU Kun

YANG Can

YU Jianzhen

YUNG Charmaine
2024 -
A collision-cell equipped multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (CC-MC-ICP-MS) for elucidating isotope fractionations in biological and chemical processes in the ocean

應用CC-MC-ICP-MS獲取同位素分流信息以深入理解海洋中的生物和化學過程 Participating

RGC - Collaborative Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
ZHANG Qiong (Lead)

HE Ding

HUANG Pingbo

LI Jiying

LIU Hongbin

QIAN Peiyuan

WYATT Alex

YUNG Charmaine
2023 -
Linking coral cover and reef fish diversity in Hong Kong waters using eDNA

運用環境DNA量化珊瑚覆蓋率及礁魚多樣性 Leading

Hong Kong Offshore Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal
Project Team (HKUST)
YUNG Charmaine (Lead)

LAM Cindy Ka Sin

WYATT Alex
2022 -
The impact of viral lysis on coastal and estuarine eukaryotic phytoplankton under varying environmental conditions

病毒裂解在不同環境條件下對沿海和河口真核浮游植物的影響 Leading

RGC - Early Career Scheme
Project Team (HKUST)
YUNG Charmaine (Lead)
2021 -

Research Interest

Publications

2024 4

2023 2

2022 2

2021 3

2019 1

2018 1

2017 2

2016 1

2015 1

2014 1

Article 4

Article 1

Conference paper 1

Article 2

Article 3

Article 1

Article 1

Article 2

Article 1

Article 1

Article 1

2018 1

2017 2

2016 1

2015 1

2014 1

Teaching Assignment

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2021 to December 2024 (As of 21 November 2024)

Current RPGs

Graduated RPGs

Projects

From January 2022 to December 2024

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