Professor Wei Ge is currently a Vice Rector (Research) and Chair Professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau. Prof. Ge received his BSc from Nanjing University (1982), MSc from the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (1985), and PhD from University of Alberta, Canada (1992). After obtaining his PhD, he received a postdoctoral scholarship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to work at the National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB), Japan (1993-95). In 1995, Prof. Ge joined The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) where he established his teaching and research career. He was a professor at the School of Life Sciences at CUHK until 2013 when he moved to University of Macau (UM). He helped establish the Faculty of Health Sciences as an Interim Dean. While working at CUHK, Prof. Ge established the Programme of Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB) at both undergraduate and graduate levels and served as the founding director of the Programme.
Prof. Ge has published about 110 papers and his research focuses on reproduction, development and aging using zebrafish as the model, including: (1) endocrine regulation of reproduction by the reproductive and growth axes; (2) intra-follicular paracrine/autocrine communication network in the ovary; (3) impacts of environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) on reproduction and public health; and (4) zebrafish as a model for aging, human diseases and drug discovery.
Prof. Ge is a devoted teacher and educator. His teaching subjects include general biology, physiology, signal transduction, vertebrate life, human biology, diversity of life, and molecular biology and biotechnology. While working at CUHK, he received the Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award twice and Faculty of Science Exemplary Teaching Awards four times.
Prof. Ge has served as the council member for the International Federation of Comparative Endocrinological Societies (IFCES) (2009-2013), the Asia and Oceania Society for Comparative Endocrinology (AOSEC) (2012-), the Chinese Society of Comparative Endocrinology (中國比較內分泌學會理事) (2013-), and the International Society for Fish Endocrinology (ISFE) (2014-). He has served as Associate Editor or editorial board member for several international journals, including Frontier in Endocrinology, General and Comparative Endocrinology, and Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology.
Prof. Ge has published about 110 papers and his research focuses on reproduction, development and aging using zebrafish as the model, including: (1) endocrine regulation of reproduction by the reproductive and growth axes; (2) intra-follicular paracrine/autocrine communication network in the ovary; (3) impacts of environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) on reproduction and public health; and (4) zebrafish as a model for aging, human diseases and drug discovery.
Prof. Ge is a devoted teacher and educator. His teaching subjects include general biology, physiology, signal transduction, vertebrate life, human biology, diversity of life, and molecular biology and biotechnology. While working at CUHK, he received the Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award twice and Faculty of Science Exemplary Teaching Awards four times.
Prof. Ge has served as the council member for the International Federation of Comparative Endocrinological Societies (IFCES) (2009-2013), the Asia and Oceania Society for Comparative Endocrinology (AOSEC) (2012-), the Chinese Society of Comparative Endocrinology (中國比較內分泌學會理事) (2013-), and the International Society for Fish Endocrinology (ISFE) (2014-). He has served as Associate Editor or editorial board member for several international journals, including Frontier in Endocrinology, General and Comparative Endocrinology, and Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology.