Dr Poon received his doctoral training in the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology at the University of Oxford (1996-1999). After graduation, he returned to Hong Kong and worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the Chinese University of Hong Kong (1999-2001). He joined The University of Hong Kong in 2001. Poon has strong interests that are related to emerging viruses, ranging from studying the basic biology of RNA viruses to developing molecular diagnostic tools for infectious diseases. His work primarily focuses on influenza virus and coronavirus. He has over 150 peer-reviewed publications, and he is an ISI top 1% most cited scientist (Total number of citations: 13883; H-index: 58).