RESEARCH:
Chin-Chang Hung’s research is to develop a better understanding of the oceanic carbon cycle which was affected from burning fossil fuels. In addition, he has been studying the carbon dioxide impacts of climate change, such as global warming, ocean acidification, eutrophication and typhoons. The ocean "solubility pump" affects the "biological pump", nutrient dynamics, plankton community composition and carbon export flux in the ocean. Through a combination of field studies and experiments, the impacts of climate change can be explore by scientific analysis. He currently also works on application of smart aquaculture technology, such as hydrographic sensors and underwater video system to monitor the behavior of marine plankton and shrimp, as well as aquatic environment management.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Shih, Y.-Y., C.-C. Hung*, S.-Y. Huang, F.L.L. Muller, Y.-H. Chen (2020) Biogeochemical variability of the upper ocean response to typhoons and storms in the northern South China Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7:151, DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00151.

Shih, Y.-Y., H.-H. Lin, D. Li, H.-H. Hsieh, C.-C. Hung*, C.-T. A. Chen (2019) Elevated carbon flux in deep waters of the South China Sea. Scientific Reports, 9:1496, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37726-w.

Chou*, W.-C., H.-C. Chu, Y.-H. Chen, R.-W. Syu, C.-C. Hung, K. Soong (2018) Short-term variability of carbon chemistry in two contrasting seagrass meadows at Dongsha Island: Implications for pH buffering and CO2 sequestration. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 210, 36-44.

Li, D., W.-C. Chou, Y.-Y. Shih, G.-Y. Chen, Y. Chang, C. H. Chow,T.-Y. Lin,and C.-C. Hung* (2018) Elevated particulate organic carbon export flux induced by internal waves in the oligotrophic northern South China Sea. Scientific Reports, 8:2042, DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-20184-9.

Matsuno,T., N. Hirose, J. Zhang, Y.-K. Cho, DK Chen, DL Yuan, C.-C. Hung, S. Jan (2017) Recent progress in Pacific-Asian Marginal Seas (PAMS) studies, Continental Shelf Research, 143, 89-90.

Hung*, C.-C., Y.-F. Chen, S.-C. Hsu, K. Wang, J. F. Chen, D. J. Burdige (2016) Using rare earth elements to constrain particulate organic carbon flux in the East China Sea. Scientific Reports, 6:33880, DOI: 10.1038/srep33880.

Hung*, C.-C., S.-C. Tsao, K.-H. Huang, J.-P. Jang, H.-K. Chang, F. C. Dobbs (2016) A highly sensitive underwater video system for use in turbid aquaculture ponds. Scientific Reports, 6:31810, DOI: 10.1038/srep31810.

Hung, C.-W., K.-H. Huang, Y.-Y. Shih, Y.-S. Lin, H.-H. Chen, C.-C. Wang, C.-Y. Ho, C.-C. Hung*, D. J. Burdige (2016) Benthic fluxes of dissolved organic carbon from gas hydrate sediments in the northern South China Sea. Scientific Reports, 6:29597, DOI: 10.1038/srep29597.

Lee, J., J.T. Liu, C.-C. Hung, S. Lin, X. Du (2016) River plume induced variability of suspended particle characteristics. Marine Geology, 380, 219-230. Shih, Y.-Y., C.-C. Hung*, G.-C. Gong, W.-C. Chung, Y.-H. Wang, I.-H. Lee, K.-S. Chen, C.-Y. Ho (2015) Enhanced Particulate Organic Carbon Export at Eddy Edges in the Oligotrophic Western North Pacific Ocean. PLoS One, 10(7): e0131538.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0131538.

Chuang, C.-Y., P.H. Santschi, L.-S. Wen, L. Guo, C. Xu, S. Zhang, Y. Jiang, Y.-F. Ho, K. A. Schwehr, A. Quigg, C.-C. Hung, M. Ayranov, D. Schumann (2015) Binding of Th, Pa, Pb, Po and Be radionuclides to marine colloidal macromolecular organic matter. Marine Chemistry, 173, 320-329. doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2014.10.014.

LINKS:
https://scholar.google.com.tw/citations?hl=en&user=RC72ATIAAAAJ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tx5sy1VaRg

AWARDS:
2009, Academic award for excellence in research at National Taiwan Ocean University.
2014 Academic award for excellence in research at National Sun Yat-sen University.
2015, Academic award for excellence in research at National Sun Yat-sen University.
2015, Advisor of Wei-Ru Chen obtained a student innovative research award funded by MOST.
2016, Outstanding Research Award, Ministry of Sciences and Technology, Taiwan.
2017, 2012-2016 Most Cited Article Award at TAO (Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences) Journal.

GRANTS AND SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS:
Impacts of Typhoons and Internal Waves on Biogeochemical Processes in the northern South China Sea II, MOST, Taiwan, 2019-2022.
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Changing Coastal Zones of Taiwan: Scientific Basis and Societal Engagements [LOICCZ-Taiwan], MOST, 2019-2020.
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Changing Coastal Zones of Taiwan: Scientific Basis and Societal Engagements [LOICCZ-Taiwan], MOST, 2018-2019.
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Changing Coastal Zones of Taiwan: Scientific Basis and Societal Engagements [LOICCZ-Taiwan], MOST, 2017-2018.
Impacts of Typhoons and Internal Waves on Biogeochemical Processes in the northern South China Sea, MOST, Taiwan, 2016-2019.
Effects of Global Change on Particulate Organic Carbon Flux in the Seas of Taiwan and in the western North Pacific, MOST, Taiwan, 2015-2016.