分类目录归档:合作交流

Celebration of Prof Zou’s new company

On July 20th, a group of us (Gan, Jun, Shizhen, Guangcai, Xiaofei, Yangzhi, Tang Jiao) went to Zhuhai to join in the opening ceremony of the newly established company, the BoAu(博澳) Scientific Instrument Co., Ltd., of which the founder is Professor Zou Shichun (邹世春), a close friend of our group. Lots of old friends attended, including Professors Qi Shihua (祁士华)of CUG-Wuhan, Frank S C Lee(李顺诚) of HKUST-Guangzhou, Chen Yingjun (陈颖军)of FDU, Tian Congguo (田崇国)of YIC-CAS, Hu Limin(胡利民) of OUC etc.  Haoyu acted as the hostess of the ceremony. Gan is honored to be  invited as the chief advisor for future development of the BoAu company. The company will provide the community sophisticated microwave-based digestion and extraction instruments, and other analytical equipment. We were all very happy to witness the opening of the company, and of cause we will cooperate with it from now on!    After the ceremony, we joined  to visit the Tianqin Centre (天琴中心) of SYSU, saw the big telescope, and enjoyed the picturesque landscape on the hill top.

Lifetime buddies (from left: Frank Lee, Zhang Gan, Qi Shihua, Zou Shichun

Prof.Kevin Jones and Kirk T. Semple came to visit

At Apr.3rd, professor Kevin Jones and professor Kirk T. Semple from Lancaster University  made a memorable visit to the GIG. Kevin was  the prof.Zhao’s teacher during her PHD. The day kicked off with a stimulating group meeting, where five  students presented their current research progress. Each presentation was met with keen interest and constructive feedback from  Kevin, known for his insightful perspectives. His engaging comments not only showcased his expertise but also sparked lively discussions among the researchers. It provided an invaluable opportunity for students to receive international recognition and guidance.

Meeting on potential collaboration with Brazil

On Feb 28, Shizhen and Gan had a Zoom meeting with Dr Yago Guida of Rio University of Brazil, and Roland Webber who is a distinguished international POPs expert. We talked about the expanding of our ANSO Air-Omic network to Brazil (Rio Janeiro); and we would help Brazil to investigate the HCBD contamination in  three hotspots across the eastern coast of Brazil. This has been a nice meeting come out to be very promising and successful. It was 20:00pm in Guangzhou, 13:00pm in Germany, and 09:00am in Rio Janeiro ! All best to our international reach out.