Kingston University London

Qualifications

Career Highlights

Research

Cheung, N.K.W. Reclassification of anomalous tropical cyclone tracks over the Western North Pacific and North Indian Ocean Basins. (In preparation)

Cheung, N.K.W., Wisson, A.J. and Meade, M.R. A study of cyclone hazards management in SIDS. (In preparation)

Cheung, N.K.W. 2007. Review of "At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters" by Wisner, B; Blaikie, P; Cannon, T and Davis Ian, The Geographical Journal, 173, 189-190.

Cheung, N.K.W. 2007. Review of "Undiscovered Oceans: From Macro Polo to Francis Drake" by Anthony Deane, The Geographical Journal, 173, 290.

Cheung, N.K.W. 2006. The roles of ENSO on the occurrence of abruptly recurving tropical cyclones over the Western North Pacific Basin. Advances in Geosciences, 6, 139-148.

Cheung, N.K.W. 2004. Tropical cyclone formation and movement in the Western North Pacific and North Indian Ocean Basins: the roles of ENSO and the Asian monsoon. Unpublished DPhil. Thesis. University of Oxford. 

Cheung, N.K.W. and Kyle, W.J. 2000. Trends in Seasonal Forecasting of Tropical Cyclone Activity. Australian Meteorological Magazine, 49, 201-223. (Cited in Eugene A. Sharkov's Global Tropical Cyclogenesis, Springer, 2000, 370pp)

Preston, A., Shaw, A. and Cheung, N.K.W. 2000. The weather at Oxford in 1999. The Journal of Meteorology, 25, 59-63.

Cheung, N.K.W. and Kyle, W.J. 1999. Hong Kong's Active Typhoon Season. Bulletin of Hong Kong Meteorological Society, 9, 16-45.

Cheung, N.K.W. 1998. Understanding and forecasting interannual variability of tropical cyclone activity in the Western North Pacific Ocean. Unpublished MPhil. Thesis. The University of Hong Kong. (Supervisor: Dr. Bill Kyle; External Examiner: Prof. Glenn McGregor)

Cheung, N.K.W. 1995. A meteorological hazard on 8 May 1992: Its reasons and impacts. Unpublished B.A.(Hons) Thesis. The University of Hong Kong. 

Media Highlights

Dr Cheung has appeared on a number of television news stations regarding hazards and disaster management, having been invited to appear on the BBC, Sky TV news and Al Jazeera. He is also able to give background information to journalists researching stories in this area.

Conference Highlights

Dr Cheung is an accomplished presenter at conferences, both in Europe and America.

Professional Body Membership

2005 - Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society

2004 - Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

1997 - Member, American Meteorological Society

1997 - Member, American Geophysical Society

1997 - Member, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society

1996 - Member, Swire Scholars Association.

Academic Accolades

1998 - 2001 - Cambridge Overseas Trust Fees Scholarship (from Cambridge University)

1999 - 2000 - Radcliffe Meteorological Observer Award (from Oxford University)

1998 - 1999 - Hong Kong Scholarship Fund (from HK Oxford Association)

1998 - Postgraduate Conference Grant (from Hong Kong University)

1996 - 1998 - Swire Scholoarship (from Swire Group)

1996, 1997 - Swire Travel Grant (from Swire Group)

1996 - 1998 - Postgraduate Studentship (from Hong Kong University)

1995 -  T.N. Chiu Memorial Prize  (Hong Kong University).