On August 7-10, our old friend Baruch Spiro visited the group once more. Meanwhile, Dr Tian Linwei (田林玮) of Hong Kong University, who worked with Baruch for his PhD work in UC Berkeley came as well. Linwei  gave a talk on the hypothesis of minerals in coal in relation to the lung cancer risk in Xuanwei (宣威) of Yunnan province.   Baruch has been our friend from 2006, which is 11 years! He knows well many people in our group and in the institute.

Linwei (left 1) and Baruch (right 2) were ‘old’ friends with each other.

Baruch, in 2006 (!), on a trip with us to the Tibetan plateau. Left to right: Baruch, Jia Guodong (hidden behind), Wu Yanhong, Liu Guoqing, Li Jun and Zhu ??.

Linwei pointed to the location of Xuanwei.

The seminar,

On August 2-4, professor Md Ahsan Habib from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, visited the group and SKLOG. Habib is an excellent scientist working on analytical chemistry and ion source development of mass spectrometry. We discussed collaboration plans on PTS and PPCPs in the coastal and urban environment of Bangladesh. This is part of our Southern Contaminants Programme (SCP), with which we are to establish a international research network on PTS and PPCPs along the 21st Century Maritime Silky Road.

Habib worked on SIMS in Tokyo for 1 year. He was astonished to see SIMS facility in GIGCAS.

Habib, with the core team members of our SCP programme. Liu Xin will be the secretary to look after and run the programme.

The target countries of the SCP Programme. Bangladesh with Habib is a good point/start!

Habib was invited by Dr Li Xue of Jinan University to visit the Hexin MS Company （禾信公司）.

Habib was invited by Li Xue of Jinan University to visit the Hexin MS Company （禾信公司）.

With Dr Zhou Zhen (周振, left 7)， CEO of Hexin MS Company （禾信公司）, and Dr Li Xue (李雪, left 6) .