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Zhuhai annual workshop

On December 10-12, in Zhuhai珠海, many of us attended the annual bilateral workshop of  Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory on Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, which is mainly between SKLAET and FCE of Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPolyU).  I gave an opening talk with a title of Old Path White Clouds(故道白云), for a retrospective view of the mass spectrometry (MS)’s iteration and evolution in SKLOG-SKLAET with emphasis on the MS emplacement and performance in our group.  Guangcai钟广财 presented new progress ion the application of BPCA to studying BC’s role in aerosol light absorption properties and toxicity. Jiang Longfei江龙飞 talked on the microbial processes involved in the degradation of OPEs in soil. Li Jing李静 gave a nice talk on plant 14C monitoring and modelling in Shenzhen, and was awarded the Best Oral Presentation; Shaojun吕少君 introduced her extraordinary results of aqueous formation of hydrophilic organophosphorus esters (OPEs); Buqing and Jianchu 马建初 both presented their posters, and Jianchu’s poster on micro and nano-PVC plastics as vectors of chlorinated paraffins (CPs) in the atmosphere was awarded the Best Poster Presentation. Shizhen赵时真 and Buqing徐步青 attended the workshop and contributed in their discussion sessions.  Buqing步青 reported to the workshop on the discussion results  by on behalf of the PDRAs group. Luo Chunling 罗春玲chaired a session; and Jibin 李继兵and Longfei江龙飞 helped in looking after the organizations of the workshop. We met many friends from both Hong Kong and Sun-Yat-San University, including professors Li Xiangdong李向东 and Zou Shichun邹世春, Haoyu蒋昊余, Tan Yujun谭羽俊 etc. Nice food and nice hotel, a great and memorable annual gathering!

The Dioxin2025

ON October 31 to December 8, several of us (Shizhen, Jun, Gan, Jabir, Habib) attended the 45th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants, also known as Dioxin2025, in Atalaya, Turkey. Shizhen, Gan and Jabir gave oral presentations and each chaired a session; Professor Habib gave an oral presentation and raised lots of questions in different sessions; Jun manned a nice poster designed by 子洋. We met many friends and former group members, including  Paramita Chakraborty, Tom Harner, Perihan, Roland Weber, 刘国瑞, 袁博, 肖航 etc. Similar to Shizhen,  Perihan  and Tom Harner did their PhD in Lancaster with Kevin Jones; therefore they are 师姐/师兄. Paromita did her PhD  in our group from 2006-2009. This time she came with two PhD students of her. Akriti Ashesh is a PhD student from Bihar University of India, and her supervisor is Linthoi (centred in the picture) who worked in our lab for her PhD in around 2009. Amandeep works with Tom Harner in Environment Canada responsible for the GAPS network; and she is originally from Punjab of India, sharing the same language and culture with Jabir who is also from Punjab but on the Pakistan side. We stayed in a nice hotel and enjoyed the 7-days symposium. We also took opportunity to visit Istanbul . Strong exotic experience and nice science and social events!

An ‘official’ debut of the GIG team.

Professor Habib is always a question asker.

Roland is always catching us.

Meet with Amandeep (left 3), Paromita (centre) and her PhD students.
Tom and Shizhen both did their PhDs with Kevin Jones in Lancaster University.
Second time meeting Yuan Bo in Dioxin conference.
Perihan and Shizhen both did their PhDs in Lancaster with Kevin Jones.
Akriti is a PhD student of Ningombam Linthoingambi Devi, who visited in our group for her PhD, of the Central Bihar University, Bihar, India
Nice to see Roland and 刘国瑞 at Antalya.

Paromita did her PhD in our group in 2006-2009。
Gan and Paromita co-chaired a session.
Excursion time with Tom Harner and Amandeep from Environment Canada.
Kei Ohno is the UNEP secretary of Basel-Rotterdam-Stockholm Conventions.
Gan and Habib
Excursion time with the ancient waterducts.
Selfie with Professor Takeshi Nakano who attended all the 25 DIOXIN Symposiums and enjoyed to be a famous paparazzi on the meetings.

University of Istanbul.
SEMA dance (托钵僧旋转) is an World Intangible Cultural Heritage in Turkey.

Academic visit to Pakistan

On October 19-27th, three of us (Zhizhen, Yangzhi and Gan) visited Pakistan , with the purpose of promoting and discussing air pollution research collaborations between the two sides.   Gan gave lectures in six universities,  including GC University of Faisalabad, Sargodha University, Punjab University, COMSATS University, Quaid-a-Azim University, National University of Science and Technology; and also visited the Confucius Institutes(孔子学院)in Faisalabad Agricultural University, Punjab University and Sargodha University, respectively. We were highly welcome in all the visited organizations/places, and Shizhen was always surrounded by students and local people for taking pictures together. We paid a day visit to Muree to the north of Islamabad to see the mountains of Kashmir Himalayas.  We were also happy to meet Professor Riffat and Ali Syed who visited us in Guangzhou several and many years ago, respectively.  It is a very memorable trip and we can feel the ironic friendship between people of the two countries!

Visiting Confucius College in Faisalabad Agricultural University.
Lecture in GC University of Faisalabad.

Meet VC of GC University of Faisalabad.
Lecture in the University of Sargodha.
Meet with VC of Sargodha University
Interview in a studio on Sargodha University campus.
Punjab University.
Confucius College students in Punjab University.
COMSATS.
Lecture at COMSATS University.
COMSATS.
CAS Sino-Pakistan Centre in Quaid-i-Azam University.
At the gate of Quaid-i-Azam University.

On top of Muree, against the Himalayas (Kashmir) mountains.
Meet Professor Riffat and Ali Syed. Both of them stayed in our group.
Yangzhi receives souvenir from a local friends.