Yiu Kee Chau: An appreciation

✍ Scribed by R. James Maguire

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 164 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0268-2605
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0739(199808/09)12:8/9<523::aid-aoc757>3.0.co;2-g

✦ Synopsis

In the course of his career, Y.K. has done pioneering research in the areas of oceanography and limnology; the analytical chemistry of inorganic, organic and organometallic compounds; metal complexation; metal speciation and determination by tandem analytical systems such as gas chromatography coupled to atomic absorption spectrophotometry or atomic emission spectrometry; the toxicity of metals to aquatic biota; and the occurrence, pathways, fate and toxicity of organometallic compounds, including those of lead, selenium, arsenic, mercury, tin and manganese. He wrote the Canadian Environmental Protection Act Priority Substances List -1 Environmental Assessment of Nickel in 1993. He has published over 160 articles in scientific journals, including 19 book chapters, and he has edited two special journal issues on the above topics. He has frequently been invited to international conferences as a keynote speaker or plenary lecturer.

Y.K. received several scholarships in the course of his studies, and several awards during his career.