Professor Bayden Russell

Associate Professor; Associate Director, Area of Ecology & Biodiversity, School of Biological Sciences at the University of Hong Kong

Staff Profile

Bayden RUSSELL, is an Associate Director of the Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS) and Associate Professor in the School of Biological Sciences (since 2015). Bayden is an ecophysiologist whose research focuses on the impact of climate change and eutrophication on ecosystem function, the biology of key species, and how best to manage and conserve ecosystems in this context. He also investigates the human relationship with, and dependence on, marine ecosystems and how these can be made sustainable through habitat restoration (e.g. oyster reefs) and development of multi-trophic aquaculture.