Dr Shuk Han Cheng was awarded her PhD from the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, University of London. She received her postdoctoral training at the Ontario Cancer Institute. She is currently teaching the "Environmental Health and Toxicology" course to students in the MSc in Environmental Science and Technology programme and "Life and Health" to BSc students in the General Education programme. Her current research interests are in aquatic toxicology including gene expression analysis and developmental toxicity in zebrafish embryos.