Prof. Lilian L P VRIJMOED

PhD (HK), CBiol, MIBiol

Professor of Department of Biology and Chemistry

Prof. Lilian L P VRIJMOED

Contact Information

Office: B6521
Phone: +(852)-3442-7839
Fax: +(852)-3442-0522
Email: bhlilian@cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests

  • Fungal Biology
  • Mangrove & Marine Fungi
  • Microbial Ecology of Mangrove Ecosystems
  • Physiology of Indoor Air Fungi

Prof Lilian Vrijmoed received her PhD from the University of Hong Kong.  Her main specialism is in fungal biology.  The two main groups of her interests are the marine fungi and indoor fungi.  With the marine fungi, she is particularly interested in their morphology and taxonomy,  geographical distribution,  eco- physiology  and their industrial applications. For indoor fungi, she focuses also on their occurrence and eco-physiology in relation to control of indoor air quality and is currently developing molecular methods for the quick identification of these fungi for monitoring purpose. She is an assessor of the Hong Kong Accreditation Services of the Hong Kong SAR Government in microbiology testing. Her consultancy work focuses on surveys of indoor air fungi in industrial and commercial premises. The later includes two large scale investigations on the occurrence of indoor air fungi in office buildings and public places in mid-90s and 2007-2009 commissioned by the Environmental Protection Department.

Her academic duties in the Department of Biology and Chemistry involve teaching microbiology related courses such as "Cells and Microorganisms", "Microbiology", "Microbial Physiology" and "Environmental Microbiology" courses in the BSc (Hons) programmes as well being the Microbiology co-ordinator in the planning of the 4-year BSc curriculum. She is currently involved in a number of projects relating to teaching and learning activities in the University, aiming to transform the passive learning mode of students.  

She was one of the winners of the 1997 and 2004 Teaching Excellence Award of City University and was Dean of Student Learning of CityU between 2005 and 2008.

Selected publications since 2006

  • 1.   Wong Man-kin, Chan Tak-chung, Chan Wai-yee, Chan Wing-kei, Vrijmoed Lilian L.P., O'Toole Desmond K., Che Chi-ming (2006) "Dioxiranes Generated in Situ from Pyruvates and Oxone as Environmentally Friendly Oxidizing Agents for Disinfection", Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 40: 625 - 630.

    2.  Chen Guangying, Lin Yongcheng, Vrijmoed L.L.P. and Fong Wang-fun (2006). "A new isochroman from the marine endophytic fungus 1893#", Chemistry of Natural Compounds 42(2):138-141.

    3.  Chen HY, Lin YC, Chen GY, Hu GP, Wang L, Vrijmoed LLP (2006). "Catalytic transfer hydrogenation of mycoepoxydiene", Chemistry Of Natural Compounds 42 (4): 407-409.

    4.  Pang Ka-Lai, Jones Gareth E.B., Chiang Wai-Lun and Vrijmoed L.L.P. (2006). "Ascospore ultrastructure of Halosarpheia fibrosa (Halosphaeriales, Ascomycota)", Nova Hedwigia 83(1-2): 207-217.

    5.  Leung K.H. Michael, Tang S.M., Lam C.W. Ringo, Leung Y.C. Dennis, Yam W.C., Ng S.P. and Vrijmoed L.P. Lilian (2006). "Parallel-plate solar photocatalytic reactor for air purification: semi-empirical correlation, modeling, and optimization", Solar Energy 80(8): 949-955.

    6.  She ZG, Huang HR, Lin YC, Vrijmoed LLP, Jones EBG. (2006)  "1,4-dihydroxy-2-methoxy-7-methylanthracene-9,10-dione" Acta Crystallographica Section E- Structure Reports Online 62: O3737-O3738 Part 9.

    7.  Wen, Lu; Guo, Zhiyong; She, Zhigang; Lin, Yongcheng; Vrijmoed, L. L. P. (2006) "Analysis of steroidal metabolites of Sporothrix sp.#4335 from South China".  Guangdong Yaoxueyuan Xuebao, 22(6), 613-614, 629

    8.  Vrijmoed Lilian L.P. (2006)  Asking a question: A time-saving assessment tool in "How Assessment Supports Learning - Learning-oriented Assessment in Action"  (ed. D Carless, G Joughin, NF Liu and Associates), pp. 49-51, Hong Kong University Press.

    9.  關利平 (2007)  每人一問, in "導向學習的評估 - 教育實務匯編" (梁佩雲, 張淑賢 編著, 梁佩雲編譯, pp 34-35, 香港大學出版社.

    10. Huang HR, Xia XK, She ZG, Lin YC, Vrijmoed LLP, Jones EBG (2007).  "A new chloro-monoterpene from the mangrove endophytic fungus Tryblidiopycnis sp (4275)", Journal of Asian Natural Products Research 8 (7): 609-612.

    11. Lam C.W. Ringo, Leung K. H. Michael, Leung Y.C. Dennis, Vrijmoed L.L.P., Yam W.C., Ng S.P., (2007). "Visible-light-assisted photocatalytic degradation of gaseous formaldehyde by parallel-plate reactor coated with Cr ion-implanted TiO2 thin film", Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 91(1): 54-61.

    12. Lai Hung Yang, Li Miao, Lee On On, Li Xiancui, Xiong Hairong, Pang Ka-Lai,           Vrijmoed Lilian, Qian Pei-Yuan (2007). "Effect of culture conditions on antifouling compound production of a sponge-associated fungus", Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 74:1221-1231.

    13. Ao CH, Leung MKH, Lam RCW, Leung DYC, Vrijmoed LLP, Yam WC, Ng SP (2007).  "Photocatalytic decolorization of anthraquinonic dye by TiO2 thin film under UVA and visible-light irradiation", Chemical Engineering Journal 129 (1-3): 153-159.

    14. Xia, Xuekui; Huang, Xiaocong; Zhang, Jie; Liang, Zhibin; Xie, Lina; She, Zhigang;       Lin, Yongcheng; Vrijmoed, L. L. P. (2007) "Preliminary optimization of fermentation medium for production of griseofulvin from mangrove fungus No.1403 using Placett-Burman design", Zhongshan Daxue Xuebao, Ziran Kexueban, 46(5),  32-35. 

    15. Kevin Downing, Richard Ho, Kristina Shin, Lilian Vrijmoed and Eva Wong (2007) "Metacognitive development and moving away", Educational Studies 33(1): 1-13.

    16. Huang, H, She, Z, Lin, Y, Vrijmoed, L and Lin, W (2007) "Cyclic peptides from an endophytic fungus obtained from a mangrove leaf (Kandelia candel) ", Journal of Natural Products 70(11), pp 1696-1699.

    17. Xia, X K, Huang, H R, She, Z G, Shao, C L, Liu, F, Cai, X L, Vrijmoed, L and Lin, Y C (2007) "H-1 and C-13 NMR assignments for five anthraquinones from the mangrove endophytic fungus Halorosellinia sp. (No. 1403) ", Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry 45(11), pp 1006-1009.

    18. Xia, X K, Huang, H R, She, Z G, Cai, J W, Lan, L, Zhang, J Y, Fu, L W, Vrijmoed, L and Lin, Y C (2007) "Structural and biological properties of vermistatin and two new vermistatin derivatives isolated from the marine-mangrove endophytic fungus Guignardia sp. No. 4382 ", Helvetica Chimica Acta 90(10), pp 1925-1931.

    19. Guo, Zhiyong; Shao, Changlun; She, Zhigang; Cai, Xiaoling; Liu, Fan; Vrijimoed, L. L. P.; Lin, Yongcheng (2007) "1H and 13C NMR assignments for two oxaphenalenones bacillosporin C and D from the mangrove endophytic fungus SBE-14", Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry 45(5), pp 439-441.

    20. Yin, W, Lin, Y, She, Z, Vrijmoed, L and Jones, E B G (2008) "A new compound:      Xyloketal H from mangrove fungus Xylaria sp. from the South China Sea Coast ", Chemistry of Natural Compounds 44(1), pp 3-5.

    21. Pang Ka-Lai, Vrijmoed L.P. Lilian, Goh Teik Khiang, Plaingam Narumol and Jones Gareth E.B. (2008) "Fungal endophytes associated with Kandelia candel (Rhizophoraceae) in Mai Po Nature Reserve, Hong Kong", Botanica Marina 51: 171-178.

    22. Pang, K L, Chiang, M W L and Vrijmoed, L. (2008) "Havispora longyearbyenensis gen. et sp. nov.: an arctic marine fungus from Svalbard, Norway " Mycologia, 100(2), pp 291-295.

    23. Wong K.M. Michelle, Tsui K.M. Clement, Au W.T. Doris, Vrijmoed L.P. Lilian (2008) "Docosahexaenoic acid production and ultrastructure of the thraustochytrid Aurantiochytrium mangrovei MP2 under high gloucose concentrations", Mycoscience 49:266-270.

    24. CHENG Zhong-shan, TANG Wen-cheng, SU Zhi-jian, CAI Yi, SUN Shi-feng, CHEN Qi-jin, Wang Fang-hai, Lin Yong-cheng, She Zhi-gang, LLP Vrijmoed (2008) "Identification of mangrove endophytic fungus 1403 (Fusarium proliferatum) based on morphological and molecular evidence", Journal of Forestry Research 19(3):219-224.

    25. Xu, Fang; Zhang, Yi; Wang, Jiajun; Pang, Jiyan; Huang, Caihuan; Wu, Xiongyu;    She, Zhigang; Vrijmoed, L. L. P.; Jones, E. B. Gareth; Lin, Yongcheng (2008) "Benzofuran derivatives from the mangrove endophytic fungus Xylaria sp. (#2508)", Journal of Natural Products 71(7),  1251-1253. 

    26. Pang Ka-Lai, Jones E.B. Gareth, Vrijmoed Lilian L.P. (2008) "Autecology of            Antennospora (Fungi: Ascomycota: Sordariomycetidae: Halosphaeriales) and its Phylogeny", The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 19: 1-10.

    27. Xue-kui Xia, Fan liu, Zhi-gang She, Li-guo Yang, Meng-feng Li, L. L. P. Vrijmoed and Yong-cheng Lin (2008) "1H and 13C NMR assignments for 6-demethylvermistatin and two penicillide derivatives from the mangrove fungus Guignardia sp. (No. 4382) from the South China Sea", Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry 46(7), p. 693-696.

    28. Nin Tan, Xiao-Ling Cai, San-Yong Wang, Jia-Hui Pan, Yi-Wen Tao, Zhi-Gang She, Shi-Ning Zhou, Yong-Cheng Lin and Lilian L.P. Vrijmoed (2008) "A new hTopo I isomerase inhibitor produced by a mangrove endophytic fungus no. 2240", Journal of Asian Natural Products Research 10(7), 607-610.

    29. Wong, S K, Wong, E Y W and Vrijmoed Kwan, L P (2008) "Learning Environment for Digital Natives - Web 2.0 Meets Globalization, in Hybrid Learning and Education, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (eds. Fong, Joseph, Kwan, Reggie, Wang and Fu Lee), pp 168-177. Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, Hong Kong, PRC., August 2008.

    30. Zhu-Hua Luo, Ka-Lai Pang, Ji-Dong Gu, R.K.K. Chow, L.L.P. Vrijmoed (2009) "Degradability of the three dimethyl phthalate isomer esters (DMPEs) by a Fusarium species isolated from mangrove sediment", Marine Pollution Bulletin 58(5) (2009), pp 765-768.

    31. Lu Wen, Xiaoling Cai, Fang Xu, Zhigang She, Wing Lai Chan, L.L.P. Vrijmoed,       E.B.G. Jones and Yongcheng Lin (2009) "Three Metabolites from the mangrove Endophytic Fungus Sporothrix sp. (#4335) from the South China Sea", The Journal of Organic Chemistry 74(3), pp 1093-1098.

    32. Pang Ka-Lai, Chiang W.L. Michael and Vrijmoed Lilian L.P. (2009) "Remispora       spitsbergenensis sp. nov., a marine lignicolous ascomycete from Svalbard, Norway", Mycologia, 101(4), pp. 531-534.

    33. Xu, Fang; Pang, Jiyan; Lu, Bingtai; Wang, Jiajun; Zhang, Yi; She, Zhigang;            Vrijmoed, L. L. P.; Gareth Jones, E. B.; Lin, Yongcheng.  (2009) "Two metabolites with DNA-binding affinity from the mangrove fungus Xylaria sp. (#2508) from the South China Sea coast", Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 27(2), 365-368.

    34. Yi-Rui Wu, Zhu-Hua Luo and L.L.P. Vrijmoed (2010).  Biodegradation of anthracene and benz[a]anthracene by two Fusarium solani strains isolated from mangrove sediments. Bioresources Technology 101: 9666-9672.

    35. Yi-Rui Wu, Zhu-Hua Luo. R. Kwok-kei Chow and L.L.P. Vrijmoed (2010).                Purification and characterization of an extracelluar laccase from the anthracene-degrading fungus Fusarium solani MAS2.  Bioresources Technology 101: 9772--9777.

    36. Ka-Lai Pang, R.K.K. Chow, C.W. Chan and L.L.P. Vrijmoed (2010). Diversity and physiology of marine lignicolous fungi in Arctic waters - a preliminary account. Polar Research 2011, 30: 5859 - DOI: 10.3402/polar.v30i0.5859

    37. Dennis Y C Leung, Jeanie K Y Tsui, Feng Chen, Wing-Kin Yip, Lilian L P Vrijmoed & Chun-Ho Liu (2011). Effects of Urban Vegetation on Urban Air Quality. Landscape Research 36 (2): 173-188.

    38. Zhu-Hua Luo, Yi-Rui Wu, Ka Lai Pang, Ji-Dong Gu and Lilian L P Vrijmoed (2011). Comparison of initial hydrolysis of the three dimethyl phthalate esters (DMPEs) by a basidiomycetous yeast, Trichosporon DMI-5-1, from coastal sediment. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (DOI 10.1007/s11356-011-0525-1).

    39. Clement K M Tsui, K W Fan, Raymond K K Chow, E B Gareth Jones, and Lilian L P Vrijmoed (2011). Zoospore production and motility of mangrove thraustochytrids from Hong Kong under various salinities.  Mycoscience (DOI 10.1007/s10267-011-0127-2).

    40. Zhu-Hua Luo, Ka-Lai Pang, Yi-Rui Wu, Ji-Dong Gu, R.K.K. Chow, L.L.P. Vrijmoed (2012) Degradation of phthalate esters by Fusarium sp. DMT-5-3 and Trichosporon sp. DMI-5-1 isolated from mangrove sediments, in "Recent Trends in the Biology of Marine Fungi" (ed. Chandralata Raghukumar). Springer Verlag, Germany (in press).