Nick Ostle initiated his CAS visiting professorship to the group
Nick Ostle is a professor in Lancatser University. He is a brilliant ecologist. Nick obtained a CAS visiting professorship to the group. On March 11-18 he visited the group and had discussion with Lucy on the collaboration plan. His PhD student, Caley Brown, is going to stay with us for 3 months to work in Dinghushan Mountain （鼎湖山） for field experiments. Nick was highly impressed by the state-of-the-art analytical instruments in the institute, in particular the GC-IRMS systems and the 14C-AMS system, as well as the highly professional technician (i. e. Dr Xie Luhua) . Shown here Nick was receiving the certificate of his CAS visiting professorship from CAS vice-president Professor Yaping Zhang （张亚平副院长）, a brilliant evolutionary genetics biologist and CAS academician. Picture by Gao Wei (2013.3.13)
Mandy, Lucy, Wen Wei, Gan, Nick and Caley (from left to right) on the day. (2013.3.13)
Lucy and Nick. (Picture Caley Brown.)
At the gate of Dinghushan natural reserve. (Picture Caley Brown.)
In the mode of oriental philosophy. Reads ‘Look outside of yourself at the world, whilst the pavillions and lodges are just like in a mirror ‘. (Picture Caley Brown.)
He was illegal to be in the research area of the natural reserve. (Picture Caley Brown.)
In front of the Qingyun Temple. (Picture Caley Brown.)
Zheng Qian visited RECETOX of Masaryk University in Czech Republic from Nov 2013-Mar 2014. RECETOX is one of the centres for POPs research in Europe founded by Professor Ivan Holobeck. Qian was working there with Luca Nizzettto on POPs in forest soil of China. Occasionally Lin Tian was also visiting there (for 1 year). This is a small world. Here she is showing us the beautiful city of Prague, once was the centre of Europe, with a full bundle of collections of European architectures in various styles.
