Dr. Janet Chan is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Biological Sciences and a member of Institute for Climate and Carbon Neutrality at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Dr. Chan's research and teaching areas include environmental and climate education, waste management, environmental pollution, environmental health, and research methods. Her dedication to research and teaching in higher education has been recognized through various accolades, including her appointment as a panel member of Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2026 of Hong Kong University Grants Committee, an Inaugural Member of the HKU Teaching Academy and the Senior Fellowship of Advanced HE in 2022.

Dr. Chan has received numerous awards, including the Gold Award of HKTEA Design Thinking CoP design thinking competition in 2024, Teaching Development Grant Award in 2024, Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant 2022-25 (experiential learning and AI) in 2024, University's Outstanding Teaching Award in 2020, and the Science Faculty's Teaching Excellence Award in 2019. She is the Program Coordinator and Chief Examiner for HKU Master of Science in Environmental Management program. She also served as the Program Director of a university-wide program “HKU Climate Ambassador” and a HKU Summer Institute course “Climate Changemakers: Educating for a Greener World”. To widen her research and teaching impact, she serves as an executive committee member of various environmental professional societies and is frequently sought after by government bodies, environmental organizations, and social NGOs for her expertise and advice.

Prior to joining HKU as an academic, Dr. Chan worked at the headquarters of an international social NGO in Geneva, Switzerland. There, she developed programs focused on the Millennium Development Goals and was delegated as the organization's global focal point on climate change. Her work also centered around promoting youth empowerment.