分类目录归档：博士后

Ghana forum on Global health and wellbeing

2019-03-24 Zhao Shizhen

On March 19-24, Shizhen and Gan visited Lancaster University at Ghana attending a forum on Global Health and Wellbeing. They were invited by Professor Kirk Semple who is the director of international engagement of Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC), LU. The Forum took place in Accra, the capital city of Ghana.

The forum started with an each 5 min introduction of 6 ongoing or completed projects which LEC leads or participates in on health and wellbeing in Africa and China. An extensive group discussion about how the impact of these projects can be achieved/designed followed. The form of the forum could be highly counted/adapted in our coming April SETAC A/P focus meeting, which aims to design an international programme on environment and health along the 21st Maritime Silk Road, including Africa.

We were also delighted to meet some ‘old’ friends including Roger Pickup on the forum. Shizhen was cheerful to meet Kirk who taught class to her while she was studying in LU.

Invited by William, we were able to visit the Water Research Institute (WRI) of Ghanaian Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSRI) where we had discussion with Dr Asante who was a PhD student of Eheme University in Japan and supervised by Professor Shinsuke Tanabe who Gan knows well. We achieved tentative agreement on collaboration and Asante wishes to send William to China for PhD study with us.

We also, guided by William, payed a quick visit to the e-waste recycling site in Accra. Educated as a geologist, Gan identified a famous Marr Lake, the Bosumtwi Lake, ~4 hrs driving away of Accra but close to the largest e-waste recycling city of Kumasi, Ashanti Tribe/Administrative Region, where most of the cocoa in Ghana grows and gold-mining activity take place.

The trip included a long travel time of 24-26 hrs on the way each to and back, but it has been great and very much memorable.

A collection of the participants.

Shizhen to meet her teacher-Kirk ( 可可）.

A former LU PhD student, Arkan, narrated the forum. He is a genius in narrating a forum and now running a company in LU providing consulting services to people who is going to work with Africa.

William (middle) is a research scientist in Water Research Institute (WRI) of Ghanaian CSIR. He would like to work with us for his PhD study, but he is 36 years old already.

Asante (right) was a PhD student of Dr Tanabe at Ehime University of Japan. They showed us the WRI laboratory and wish a formal collaboration on e-waste related pollution and health.

Shizhen likes this picture thanks to the camera man.

A local food market co-locates with solid waste recycling ground.

It was a hot day in Accra, Ghana. And Accra is a safe city.

博士后、潭影录

First trip to Hanoi vietnam

2019-01-31 Gan Zhang

On January 21-26, Liu Xin, Shizhen and Gan Zhang paid a fruitful visit to Hanoi of Vietnam. The group was invited by Professor Tu Mihn of VNU Hanoi. We were able to visit respectively VNU University of Sciences, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (VNU University of Natural Resources and Environment), as well as Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST). We had intensive discussions with our Vietnam collaborators including Prof Mihn, Drs Tri and Thang, with collaboration plans set up. In between of the academic visit, we were also able to visit the beautiful Halong Bay for a relax.

In the courtyard of the Faculty of Chemistry, VNU University of Sciences. The building was built in 1908 when Vietnam was colonized by France.

VNU University of Natural Resources and Environment.

Bilateral communication with Dr Nam (left 3) and his colleagues in VAST. He is the head of the dioxin lab

An evening tour in Yushanci (玉山祠）in the heart of Hoàn Kiem Lake （还剑湖）.

Van Mieu （文庙） and Guoc Tu Giam （国子监）full of Chinese flavor.

Farewell lunch with Thang and Phung, who just visited us for the SCP training course.

Dr Shizhen on the Halong Bay trip in the weekend.

SCP、博士后、潭影录

MSR training course closing ceremony

2018-12-11 Gan Zhang

On December 7th, a closing ceremony for the Maritime Silk Road (MSR) training course ‘Monitoring and risk assessment of persistent toxic substances (PTS) in coastal environments’ was held in BBL 308 meeting room, denoting a successful completion of our effort in training and knowledge transfer to developing countries along the MSR. The course began on November 25 and last for 2 weeks.

More than 20 attendants from 10 countries including Pakistan, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Nigeria, Spain and Iran joined the course. Teachers delivered the training lessons include mainly Professors and Drs Jiang Guibin (RCEES), Paul Lam (City-U of Hong Kong), Eddy Zeng (JNU), Bao Lianjun (JNU), Kevin Jones (LU), Andy Sweetman (LU), Feng Xinbin (IGCAS), Zhang Hui (IGCAS), Li Xiangdong (HKPolyU), Zhang Tong (HKU), Yang Ying (SYSU), Luo Jun (NJU), Cheng Hao (Vision ES&T Co), Hu Jianfang (GIG), Luo Xiaojun (GIG), Zhong Guangcai (GIG), Zhao Shizhen (GIG) , Liu Xin (GIG), and Drs Yuan Zhiquan and Huang Daiyong from Agilent Technology Ltd. etc.

The training course was managed by Liu Xin（刘昕）, who’s been a powerful lady and even wrote the application proposal for the training course. Yazhou (亚舟) accompanied through and carefully looked after meals, transports and commutes. Shizhen (时真）gave 2 lessons on the PAS, sample preparation and chemical analysis. Guangcai（广财）gave a lesson on CUPs. Zhao Zhen (赵祯） talked about PFCs. Mr Zhang Bolong （伯龙）acted as the photographer, and did all the venue preparations. All great job!