On morning Dec 19, Junwen reported his PDRA work to a group of panel professors. This comes to the closing of his postdoctorate in the group. He secured an associate professor position in Jinan University, however, he is leaving for Sweden, to work with Örjan Gustafsson of Stockholm University, as a Marie Curie Fellow and VINNMER Fellow funded by the Sweden’s Innovation Agency. Congratulations!
Liu Junwen et al attended the International Radiocarbon Conference 2015 at Dakar, Senegal
(2015.11.16-20)
The bianular conference is the top event for all people working on/with radiocarbon and AMS facilities in the world. Junwen, Sanyuan, Ding Ping and Wang Ning joined together the conference, and made their presentations.
Dr Liu gave a talk.
Dr Xu Xiaomei (mid) , the ‘queen’ for radiocarbon technology, looks after the younger generation.
Dr Wang Ning of GIG, a waisted lady, works on historical radiocarbon records using corals.
Dr Ding Ping who currently manages most of the graphiote target systhesis work in GIG. He also works on radiocarbon of methane in the environment.
Liu Junwen and Sun Yingtao: The 318 Crossover to Lhasa
(20151228-20160107)
During December 28, 2015 to January 7, 2016 Junwen Liu (刘俊文) and Yingtao Sun (孙迎韬) went to Sichuan and Tibet for collecting snow and soil samples in high mountains of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP)., along the picturesque 318 National Road. QTP, the third pole of the world, has an average altitude of > 4000 m and is sparsely populated. These samples will provide valuable information regarding anthropogenic activity, climate change, and the microbiological compositions in pristine region of Earth.
Collecting snow samples at Kazila Mountain.
Soil sampling at Kazila Mountain.
Dongda Monutain （东达山）.
Anjiu Mountain (安久山）.
The Mira Pass (米拉山口） .
Kazila Mountain (卡子拉山）.
Sejila Mountain (色季拉山）.
Zheduo Mountain (折多山）.
The Potala Palace. 日光下的布达拉宫。
The Potala Palace at night. 布达拉宫夜色。