Professor Min Sun obtained his B Sc degree from Peking University in 1982 and then he worked in Canada for his M Sc and Ph D degrees (both from UBC) and PDF research (Saskatchewan). He came to HKU in 1994 as an assistant professor and became a full professor in 2006.
Professor Min Sun teaches courses in Physical Geology, Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry. At HKU, he worked on geochemical projects on North China Craton, South China Craton, and paleo-climate reconstruction using coral proxy. Now he is mainly working on the Central Asian Orogenic Belt.