On May 21st, Shizhen, Jibing and Xin made a move from the postdoctorate office 305 in the Library building. They have spent almost four years in this office, which have developed a deep friendship. They will start their new positions. Congratulations! 
William visited the group on Jan 3-5. William met us at a workshop organized by Lancaster University, in Accra, Ghana in last March. He then decided to pursue his PhD degree in our group. William has been a technical officer in the Water Research Institute (WRI) of Commonwealth Science and Industry Research (CSIR) of Ghana (加纳). He was successfully enrolled in China Geosciences University at Wuhan, with the help from Professor Qi Shihua（祁士华）. He will spend his first year in Wuhan for classes, then join us in Guangzhou for research. On this visit, he gave a talk introducing himself on group meeting on Jan 4th. In the meantime, we had time to gather at night of the 3rd for a beer on the waterfront of the Pearl River, and the 4th at Hutaoli (胡桃里）pub. Willaim will go back to Ghana for sampling in the coming winter holiday.
Recently, the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences announced the 2019 “Chinese Academy of Sciences Zhu Liyuehua Outstanding Teacher Award” and Prof. Gan is one of the prizewinners. Congratulations!
The “Zhu Liyuehua Outstanding Teacher Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences” is awarded to teachers who are engaged in postgraduate education at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and various institutes. In 2019, a total of 100 winners were selected.