On May 13, William Arko had his PhD confirmation defense in GIG. The assessment panel included Profs Lee Sun-chueng of HKPolyU, Zou Sichun of SYSU, Qi Shihua of CUG (Wuhan), Shizhen, Jun Li and Gan Zhong of GIG. William will be working on POPs in the air of Ghana with specific concern on the influence from e-waste recycling activities in Accra and Kumasi. Hope he good luck with his PhD study!
On November 4th 2022, the annual seminar of an international collaborative project supported by ANSO entitled “Monitoring and Risk Assessment of Toxic Chemicals in the Air (MORATOXA)” (ANSO-CR-KP-2021-05) was successfully held both online and offline on November 4th, 2022. About twenty experts attended this seminar, including the director of the State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and project leader, Prof. Zhang Gan, Prof. Ashan Habib from COMSATS University Islamabad in Pakistan, Prof. Michael Gatari from the University of Nairobi in Kenya, Dr Jabir Syed from COMSATS University Islamabad in Pakistan, Dr Bong Chui Wei from Universiti Malaya in Malaysia, Dr Parakrama Karunaratne from the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka. This seminar was chaired by the project secretary, Dr. Shizhen Zhao.
Prof. Zhang Gan extended a warm welcome to the participants. He introduced the recent progress and remarkable achievements of the cooperation projects with countries along the “21st Century Maritime Silk Road” by relying on ANSO and other international organizations in recent years, and summarized the concept of MORATOXA project based on multilateral projects. Moreover, he affirmed the great significance of the project in promoting exchanges and cooperation, talent training, and promoting a “non-toxic” society. Then, Dr Zhao Shizhen presented the research background, implementation plan and progress that has been made on the project. Finally, the participating experts discussed in depth the scientific rationality of the overseas cooperative sampling scheme and put forward valuable suggestions on its feasibility according to local conditions.
On the basis of the “21st Century Maritime Silk Road” environmental and health cooperation network laid out by the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry of CAS, the MORATOXA project is dedicated to the ‘Green Silk Road’ consensus of the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI). The program is hosted and technically supported by Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (GIGCAS), with the following six primary key partners, and is open to more partners world-widely, including COMSATS University Islamabad in Pakistan, University of Nairobi in Kenya, Universiti Malaya in Malaysia, University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka, University of Dhaka in Bangladesh, and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Ghana. MORATOXA project focus on air toxics and human health, taking the monitoring, risk assessment and control measures of air toxics as the main research contents, and carrying out multilateral international cooperation research in typical cities in different regions/countries.
Dr Shizhen Zhao presented the project background and recent progress
Group photo of participants
Text by Weiru Wang and Shizhen Zhao
Pictures by Weiru Wang
中国科学院“一带一路”暨发展中国家科技培训班
Monitoring and Risk Assessment of Persistent Toxic Substances in Coastal Environments
Duration: 1st – 20th Nov, 2022 (20 days)
Host: Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Venue: Guangzhou, China
Course Description
The 20-day training course is funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) as part of the CAS Belt & Road Initiatives (B&RI). Hosted by the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry (GIG) of CAS, the training course will be focused on the monitoring and risk assessment of persistent toxic substances (PTSs) in coastal environments, by integrating different expertise and covering topics such as:
Besides serial lectures delivered by international and domestic scientists, intensive hands-on trainings including field sampling, chemical pretreatment and instrumental analysis will be made available for sub-groups of the selected students.
How to apply
The training course is designed towards young researchers, i.e., MSc students, PhD students and postdoctoral fellow, from countries/regions along the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (MSR).
Students and postdoctoral fellows who are interested in participating the training course, please send the following documents, electronically, to the organizer at E-mail address: msr-pts@gig.ac.cn.
Student selection and cost-free
A total of 20 students will be selected from the applicants based on an assessment of the application stuffs, communication with your supervisor may apply.
The following general cost for the selected students to participate the course will be covered by the training project.
Duration of the training course
Application deadline
23rd Oct, 2022
About the SKLOG and GIG
The training course is organized by the State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry (SKLOG) affiliated to Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry (GIG), Chinese Academy of Sciences. The SKLOG has been a leading research laboratory on environmental sciences, and is fully equipped with the state-of-art analytical instruments for environmental analysis.
About Guangzhou
Located in the heart of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Guangzhou is the largest mega-city in southern China, and the capital city of Guangdong province. From the late October to November, Guangzhou features comfortable weather and beautiful fall sceneries. It is the gateway city to the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, and should be your must-see city in China.
Contact us
Please direct all your communications via E-mail to: msr-pts@gig.ac.cn
Link of the previous training course on 2018:
MSR training course closing ceremony | 优秀花园 (garden-of-excellence.cn)