On October 19, 2026, the 17th Graduate Student Academic Forum of the GIG, was held in Conference Room 308 of the Specimen Building. Organized by the institute’s Education Office, the forum featured academic presentations by 22 graduate students. Five graduate students-Xin Deng, Siqi Yang, Xiaosong Guo, Zibin Chen, and Kun He-participated in the forum and presented progress in their respective research projects.
They delivered presentations on the occurrence, spatiotemporal variations, and environmental impacts of environmental contaminants, and all received awards. Siqi Yang received First Prize in the master’s student category; Xin Deng and Zibin Chen received Third Prizes; and Xiaosong Guo and Kun He received Excellence Awards.
On Oct 17-21, Gan and Shizhen first attended the Annual Meeting on Environmental Analytical Chemistry held in 镇江Zhengjiang, then paid academic visits to 江南大学宜兴校区Jiangnan-U@Yi Xin and 南京大学Nanjin-U. We met many ‘old’ friends on the meeting, and delivered lectures in the two universities. Professors 何锋He Feng of JNU and 钟寰 of NJU were our hosts, respectively. Gan also met Professor 季俊峰Ji Junfeng, his senior brother during BSc-MSc study in NJU, who showed us the School of Geosciences at the night. It is a very memorable academic trip, albeit the tuff jobs of preparing slides for the long talks!
University entry photo (1983) archived in NJU alumni database
On September 9-20, Shizhen and Gan attend the International Symposium of Persistent Toxic Substances (ISTPS2026) at Bologna, and subsequently the Dioxin2026 at Riva del Garda in Italy, respectively. Shizhen delivered two talks on the ISTPS and one talk on the Dioxin2026; Gan delivered a keynote speech on the ISTPS and one oral speech on the Dioxin2026. We met many ‘old’ friends on the meetings. After the two conferences, we paid a two-day short visit to Dr Xie Zhiyong of Helmholtz Centrum Hereon located at Geesthacht of Hamburg, Germany, where Gan visited 20 years ago (2007) and Guancai, Zhao Zhen studied. It has been a nice and fruitful trip.
Delivering presentation in ISPTS2026
Shizhen delivering her second talk in ISTPS2026
Delivering keynote speech in ISPTS2026
Italian opera performance in the opening ceremony at Riva del Garda
Shizhen delivering her speech on the Dioxin2026
Delivering a speech in Dioxin2026 at Riva del Garda
A group of Chinese delegates to Diozin2026
Meet with Tom Harner
With Roland Weber, and Ramesh Kumar
Shizhen enjoys the picturesque Lake Garda
Meet our ‘old’ friend, Dr Heesoo Eun (殷熙洙) who is a Korean expert in PFAS analysis working at the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) of Japan at Tsukuba
Gan’s last visit to Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht (HZ-G, now HZ-hereon) was in 2007, almost 20 years ago
A lovely porter in the lab of Helmholtz Zentrum hereon
Local cakes in the resting room of HZ hereon
Mugs are always my favorite collection
Diner by River Elbe (易北河畔), with authentic and delicious Northern Germany cuisines
