Prof. Paul Lam

Professor Paul Lam is President and Chair Professor of Environmental Chemistry of Hong Kong Metropolitan University.

He studied for his Bachelor’s and Master's degrees at the University of Hong Kong. He was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship to undertake his doctoral study at the University of Sheffield and a Croucher Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research at King's College, the University of London.

Professor Lam is a scholar and expert in environmental chemistry, ecotoxicology, and environmental risk assessment. He is the author/co-author of over 530 publications in international refereed journals. He received the Second-Class Award in Natural Science in 2011, 2012 and 2019 from the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.

In community service, Professor Lam is currently Chairman of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority, Ex-officio Member of the Education Commission and Member of the Advisory Committee on the Northern Metropolis. He was Chairman of the Advisory Council on the Environment and Chairman of the Accreditation Advisory Board. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 2008 and was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star in 2014 by the Hong Kong SAR Government.