Lecturer
Faculty of Science
The University of Hong Kong

Instructor, Junior Science Institute (JSI), "What's the matter", since 2015

Speaker, Talk @ My School Program

S.K.H. St. Mary's Church Mok Hing Yiu College, March 2018

Carmel Secondary School, December 2017

YMCA of Hong Kong Christian College, March 2017

St. Paul's Co-educational College, May 2016

St. Mark's School, March 2016

Speaker, The impact of integrated STEM education in primary schools: a design-based research, Teachers' Professional Development, Tak Sun School, August 2017

Speaker, STEM Workshop: An Interdisciplinary Framework, Teacher Professional Development Day, Po Leung Kuk Tin Ka Ping Millennium Primary School, February 2017

Judge, The 62nd California State Science Fair, Los Angeles, U.S.A., April 2013

Selected Publications

Regulation of Gene Expression During Electron Acceptor Limitation and Bacterial Nanowire Formation in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1
S. E. Barchinger, S. Pirbadian, C. Sambles, C. S. Baker, K. M. Leung, N. J. Burroughs, M. Y. El-Naggar and J. H. Golbeck
Appl. Environ. Microbiol., AEM.01615-16 (2016).

Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 nanowires are outer membrane and periplasmic extensions of the extracellular electron transport components
S. Pirbadian, S. E. Barchinger, K. M. Leung, H. S. Byun, Y. Jangir, R. A. Bouhenni, S. B. Reed, M. F. Romine, D. A. Saffarini, L. Shi, Y. A. Gorby, J. H. Golbeck and M. Y. El-Naggar
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 111, 12883-12888 (2014).

Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 bacterial nanowires exhibit p-type, tunable electronic behavior
K. M. Leung, G. Wanger, M. Y. El-Naggar, Y. Gorby, G. Southam, W. M. Lau and J. Yang
Nano Lett. 13, 2407 (2013).

Filamentous bacteria transport electrons over centimetre distances
C. Pfeffer, S. Larsen, J. Song, M. Dong, F. Besenbacher, R. Meyer, K. U. Kjeldsen, L. Schreiber, Y. Gorby, M. Y. El-Naggar, K. M. Leung, A. Schramm, N. Risgaard-Petersen and L. P. Nielsen
Nature 491, 218 (2012)

Bacterial nanowires: conductive as silicon, soft as polymer
K. M. Leung, G. Wanger, Q. Guo, Y. Gorby, G. Southam, W. M. Lau and J. Yang
Soft Matter 7, 6617 (2011)

Synthesis of Ag-TiO2 composite nano-thin film for antimicrobial application
B. Yu, K. M. Leung, Q. Guo, W. M. Lau and J. Yang
Nanotechnology 22, 115603 (2011)

Electrical transport along bacterial nanowires from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1
M. Y. El-Naggar, G. Wanger, K. M. Leung, T. D. Yuzvinsky, G. Southam, J. Yang, W. M. Lau, K. H. Nealson and Y. Gorby
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 107, 18127 (2010)

Structural analysis of cubic boron nitride films by ultraviolet Raman spectroscopy
K. M. Leung, H. Q. Li, Y. S. Zou, K. L. Ma, Y. M. Chong, Q. Ye, W. J. Zhang, S. T. Lee and I. Bello
Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 241922 (2006)

Studying the growth of cubic boron nitride on amorphous tetrahedral carbon interlayers
K. M. Leung, C. Y. Chan, Y. M. Chong, Y. Yao, K. L. Ma, I. Bello, W. J. Zhang and S. T. Lee
J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 16272 (2005)

Patents

Ultrahard multilayer coating comprising nanocrystalline diamond and nanocrystalline cubic boron nitride
W.J. Zhang, S.T. Lee, I. Bello, K.M. Leung, H.Q. Li, Y.S. Zou, Y.M. Zhong and K.L. Ma
United States Patent, US 8,007,910 B2, Aug. 30, 2011.