Dr. Brian Kot is a registered diagnostic radiographer and veterinary/forensic imaging researcher at the City University of Hong Kong. He has served as an Assistant Professor in Diagnostic Imaging in the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health and the Department of Chemistry since 2021. As Principal Investigator, he leads the Aquatic Animal Virtopsy Lab (AAVL), integrating advanced diagnostic and postmortem imaging—such as radiography, ultrasound, computed tomography and virtopsy—into conservation medicine. His research uses aquatic animals as sentinels of ecosystem health, assessing captive species clinically and conducting virtopsy on stranded cetaceans and sea turtles in Hong Kong and adjacent waters, generating biological health profiles that inform marine conservation, stranding protocols, and the “One Ocean–One Health” framework for evidence-based policy. Dr. Kot earned his BSc (Hons) in Radiography (2005) and PhD in Diagnostic Imaging (2010) from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, supervised by Dr Fiona Brook (Principal Investigator of the world's first successful dolphin artificial insemination project). He completed a Certificate in Forensic Imaging & Virtopsy (2023) at the University of Zurich with Prof Michael Thali. His interdisciplinary expertise bridges human medical imaging, veterinary practice, forensic science/environmental health, advancing non-invasive tools for aquatic animal welfare and ecosystem monitoring. Details: https://bit.ly/AAVLab