New projects sanctioned by Guangdong

Liu Xin was awarded research project by Guangdong Natural Scientific Foundation (GD-NSF). This is the only 1 project of its kind (博士科研启动项目,不含纵向协同项目)in our institute! With a budget of 100K Yuan, it is on source fingerprints of organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs) and their health risk assessments in indoor environments.

We were also granted by Guangdong Department of Science and Technology a joint Guangdong-UK UrbanInnovation project, with a budget of 1 million Yuan (and ca. 500K British Pound from the UK side) , on developing and application of land-use regression model (LUR) at intra-city scale for environmental health study in Guangzhou. This project is a very NATURAL extension/complement of the group’s ATMSYC and Shizhen’s new China postdoctor foundation project on PAH/LUR!

Congratulations!

Graduation Ceremony for Dai Qing, Li Jibing and Mo Yangzhi

On June 22, a graduation ceremony was held in GIG to 100 PhD and MSc students who graduated from the institute and UCAS. Among them are Dai Qing (MSc), Li Jibing (PhD) and Mo Yangzhi (PhD). Congratulations to the 3 colleagues, and wish them a prosperous career and happy life!

There was exactly 100 graduates this year.

Viva.

A family portrait. Dai Qing (MSc) absents the ceremony as she has been working in Beijing.

Mo Yangzhi and Li Jibing completed their PhD study, put on their gowns. Dai Qing (MSc) absents the ceremony as she has been working in Beijing.

Against the bamboo fence.

A sense of success.

Girls as ceremony assistants, beautifully enchanting .

 

ATMSYC team joins MEE HAPs monitoring study

On June 14, a group of us attended a workshop on the executive plans of monitoring hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) in typical emission sources, as directed/funded by Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE). Ms Ding Qiong (丁琼), Chief Engineer of MEE Centre for Solid Waste and Chemicals Management (SWCM), and Mr Dong Wenfu (董文福), head of SWCM department of MEE attended the workshop. Professor Lai Sengchao (赖森潮) of ATMSYC gave a presentation, introducing ATMSYC and our study plan of HAPs in the chemical industrial park of Xiaoguwei Island (小谷围岛), which is part of the MEE study. Shizhen, Liu Xin and Zhang Gan also attended the workshop.

The joining of ATMSYC with MEE and SWCM, as well as its participation in the MME collaborative study, indicates a formal cooperation between MEE and ATMSYC, and has paved the road for ATMSYC to meet government’s needs in HAPs management.

Professor Lai Sengchao gave an introduction of ATMSYC and the executive plan for the MEE HAPs monitoring study.

The workshop took place in Foreign Experts Hotel (外专大厦) in Beijing.

From left to right, Mr Dong Wenfu (生态环境部大气司固废与化学品处董文福处长), Ding Qiong (固废与化学品中心丁琼总工程师), Hu Junjie (固废中心胡俊杰博士) and Zhang Gan.