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and an associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry of The Chinese University Of Hong Kong . He teaches part of a course named Cellular Basis of Biochemistry (course code: BCH2010), which is mainly designed for Biochemistry major, Food and Nutritional Science major and Molecular Biotechnology major year 1 students. Professor KM Chan also teaches in the Medical School and the Environmental Science major students in CUHK. He teaches Current Environmental Issues, Biochemical Toxicology and Methods in Toxicological Research in the Environmental Science Program with other colleagues. Trained as a molecular biologist for his PhD and post-doctoral research, Professor KM Chan's research interests include gene regulation, marine biotechnology and environmental biochemistry. Professor KM Chan is also Warden of Student Hostel 2 in Shaw College and he is active on campus, helping to serve in many different committees in the Shaw College and CUHK. He is now exco-member of Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union, member of Marine Biological Association in Hong Kong, Society of Toxicology (SOT) and Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)in the US.

Professor KM Chan is founding member of the Democratic Party. He was elected as Chairman of the New Terretories East Branch in 1999, and later became minister of organization affairs and central committee member of the party. He is a moderate "Young Turk" inside the party. He ran for the chairmanship election in 2004 but lost to Lee Wing Tat . He was then elected vice-chairman of the party.

He was listed as a "suspect" of spying for China by the Mainstream Camp according to the news report of Apple Daily .