On July 27, a brunch was organized as a small gathering to welcome Thum (right 3) and Phuong (mid) from Vietnam National University (Hanoi) who will be with us for a full month collaborating on the analysis of POPs in coastal core sediments from Central Vietnam. Joined also Nigar from Bangladesh (left 1), Neng from Thailand (left 3), such that international!
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Visiting the Pearl River Council
On July 26, a group of us, Jin Biao, Chen Wenwen, Liu Xin and I paid a half day visit to the Pearl River Council（珠江水利委员会）. We were welcome by Ms Zhang Guangyan who is the head of the research office of the Council. Liu Xin gave a talk on wastewater based epidemiology showing some nice result from Guangzhou, Sri Lanka and Iran. Chen Wenwen reported her recent advance of her work on N-nitrosamines in the Pearl River. Jin Biao interpreted the concept of persistent and mobile organic compounds (PMOCs) to the audience who are from various departments of the Council and its affiliated organizations. The talks were followed by a detailed discussion and exchange of information in particular future activities and reform in the Council including the establishment of a research institute on environment and the hand-over of groundwater management from geological survey to the Council. Lots of collaboration opportunities!
Nanjing summer school
On July 12, I was invited to visit Nanjing University of Information Technology and give a class on a summer school (SS) organized by Zhang Yanlin (章炎麟). I gave a class entitled ‘POPs: from Chemistry to Geochemistry’. During the 2 days in NUIT I met professors Tao Shu (陶澍), Liu Congqiang (刘丛强), Li Fangbai（李芳柏) etc who were also ‘teacher’ of the SS. We drank a lot and the trip was enjoyable thanks to Yanlin and his colleagues’ good organization. I also had a view on Yanlin and Cao Fang (曹芳)’s aerosol isotope lab which is well equipped and managed. I came to know that there were more than 20 research students working in his group, while realizing that I am ‘grand-teacher’. Attended the SS are also students from 俊文’s group (JNU) and 瑞杰’s group (GXU).
The SS.
More than 140 students joined the SS.
Do my job.
‘Grand-teacher’ in white hairs. Students from Yanlin’s and Junwen’s group.
With students from Ruijie’s group.
System for N isotope analysis with a Mat 253+ MS and a Gas- Bench
Commercial TD (thermo-desorption) inlet system for direct aerosol organic composition analysis.