Dr. Luk received his Bachelor’s degree in Science (Double Major in Microbiology and Biotechnology) from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) before pursuing Master degree of Medical Sciences (Medical Microbiology) and Doctor of Philosophy under the supervision of Professor Susanna Lau in the Department of Microbiology at HKU. During his doctoral studies and his postdoctoral fellowship after graduation, Dr. Luk focused on the zoonotic origin and transmission of emerging Betacoronaviruses such as SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 with both in silico analyses as well as in vitro and in vivo experiments in the Biosafety Level-3 Laboratory. Dr. Luk is the awardee of the Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme, Research Grant Council and continued his research in the same laboratory before joining Queen Elizabeth Hospital as Scientific Officer for the Microbiology Lab. Dr. Luk is responsible for developing and evaluating assays as well as overseeing the development, implementation and maintenance of the effective quality system in the laboratory.