In response to the marine planning and development of Macao SAR government, the University of Macau (UM) has been actively developed marine research and recruit scholars from different places in recent years, the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) and State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City (University of Macau) has naturally become the first choice for many scholars. Interviews were conducted for five professors of FST who joined UM recently to share about their research interests, reasons and opportunities for their development in Macao.