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The 2nd Young Scientists Forum was held in ISL
In order to strengthen academic exchanges between different disciplines, promote the discipline overlap and integration, enhance cooperation and innovation ability, the Youth Innovation Promotion Group of ISL organized the second Young Scientists Forum on Aug 18 and 19. The theme of the forum is the application of new polymer materials, electrochemical luminescence platform research and super hydrophobic/oleophobic materials research. Professors Jingquan Liu and Yuanhong Xu from Qingdao University, researcher Junping Zhang from Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS were invited to give reports in the forum. Researcher Yuan Zhou presided over the forum.
Professor Liu gave us a report named “preparations, applications and industrializations of new functional polymers, graphene and metal nanomaterials”, and shared his research experience and achievements obtained overseas. Professor Xu gave a report named “Establishment and applications of electrochemical luminescence platform based on new materials and technologies”. Researcher Zhang gave a lecture named “Based on organic silicon of super hydrophobic/oleophobic materials”. This forum actives research atmosphere of ISL, and enhances young researchers’ academic exchange with fellows outside.2015-08-24 -
ISL held the academic reports of academicians in the 50th anniversary
July 8, in the 50th anniversary of ISL, the academic reports of academicians were held in the Lecture Hall. The report invited Zheng Mianping, Academician of China Engineering Academy, and Zhu Qingshi, the Academic Division of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Duan Dongping, Deputy Director of ISL presided over the report.
First, Zheng Mianping made a report entitled "Understanding the salinology and salt systems". Report mainly introduced salinology, salt systems, salt lake agriculture, salt lake sediment, global change and salt lake comprehensive industry. In the report, he pointed out salt lake sciences have developed into a new stage, which is multi-disciplinary and areas-expansive. Strengthening the research of salt systems is not only related to the global economic development and human health problems, but also significant to the origin of life and the evolution of planets.
Zhu Qingshi made a report entitled “How to Cultivate Innovative Talents”. Before the report, he gave the best wishes to ISL and noted the experience in ISL is a valuable experience and opportunities he has never forgotten. In the report, Zhu used his own experience as an example to show the importance of cultivating innovative talents to the development of nations. He believes that the most important thing of cultivating innovative talents is to encourage innovative ideas, promote thinking activity. Compared to traditional learning, learning to thinking is more effective in cultivating talents.
Zheng gave a speech in the 50th anniversary.
Zhu gave a speech in the 50th anniversary.
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ISL Organized the 12th “Salt Lake Science and Technology Forum”
On Jun 24, ISL organized the 12th “Salt Lake Science and Technology Forum” in the Conference Room on the fifth floor of ISL. Professor John Zhang from Georgia Institute of Technology was invited to give a report. Forum was chaired by the deputy director Zhijian Wu.
Professor Zhang gave us a report named “Chemical Control of Magnetic Properties in Spinel Ferrite Nanoparticles and their Applications”. The report gave a brief introduction about superparamagnetic properties, control of crystal growth direction and its biomedical applications. Professor Zhang pointed out the great opportunity on design of Spinel ferrite. The magnetic anisotropy energy barrier can be controlled by manipulating quantum coupling at the atomic level. It’s very worth studying capture tumor cells by magnetic nanoparticles in vivo.
Professor Zhang got his bachelor and PhD at Fudan University in 1984 and University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993, respectively. Professor Zhang engaged in postdoctoral research at Harvard University between 1993 and 1996. He has won many international awards, such as NSF-CAREER Award, Beckman Young Investigator Award, American Chemical Society ExxonMobil Award in Solid State Chemistry, Alfred P. Sloan Award, etc.2015-06-26 -
ISL Organized the 11th “Salt Lake Science and Technology Forum”
On Jan 13, ISL organized the 11th “Salt Lake Science and Technology Forum” in the Conference Room on the sixth floor of ISL. Professor Liang Fang from Chongqing University and Yahong Li from Soochow University were invited to give reports. Forum was chaired by the deputy director Dongping Duan.
Professor Fang obtained a PhD of Science in Chongqing University in 1998, work as a postdoctoral in Kyushu Institute of Technology between 2001-2003 and as a visiting scholar in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, whose main research lies in transparent conductive semiconductor thin film such as ZnO, graphene, TiO2 and diamond preparation and its application in semiconductor lighting, solar batteries, lithium-ion battery etc. Professor Fang has undertaken more 30 projects. There are 7 National Natural Science Foundations of China and 15 provincial and ministerial projects. He has published more than 100 papers in sci journals. Professor Fang gave us a report named “Preparation of Nickel Matrix Hydroxide Composite Nanometer Materials by Laser Ablation in Liquid”. Professor Fang gave a brief introduction about the LAL preparation, construction, electrocatalysis and lithium battery electrode material of composite hydroxide nanometer materials. The report pointed out Laser Ablation in Liquid was a new preparation technique of nano materials, which was different from Pulsed Laser Deposition.
Professor Li obtained a PhD from Lanzhou University in 1999, as a postdoctoral in Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory of University of Oxford between 2000 and 2001. Professor Li gave us a report “organic synthesis reaction involved by metal and compounds contain salt lake elements”.2015-01-19 -
Doc. Cao Naizhen from Sichuan Tianqi Lithiium Company Limited Visited ISLDec 16th, vice-minister Doc. Cao Naizhen, from Sichuan Tianqi Lithium Company Limited by Shares Shall, visits ISL with his research team.
During the visiting, Cao Naizhen gives a report about the introduction of Tianqi Lithiium Company which includes the Li resource, research team, and the industry structure of his company. He also introduces the recent advances of li-ion batteries. In the report, he introduces his research work in the field of li-ion batteries. Combining with the latest developments in li-ion batteries, he reports the key scientific results and the important way of li-ion batteries in detail. In the last, he and Wu Zhijian, the deputy director of ISL, exchange views in depth.
Cao Naizhen and his research team visit technological exhibition hall of ISL and the knowledge innovation exhibition.
Cao Naizhen visited Analytical&Test Center of ISL. Photo/ GAO2014-12-19 -
Academician Guangqian Wang Visits ISLAcademician Guangqian Wang and Professor Xiasong Hu visited ISL on the morning of 17 Dec. Accompanied by Dongping Duan, deputy director of ISL, academician Wang visited salt lake analytical & test center and technology showroom. Dongping Duan introduced the development and utilization of salt lake resource of qinghai province, and achievements of comprehensive utilization of salt lake acquired by ISL. Meanwhile, academician Wang gave a brief introduction about status of Qaidam basin water resource supporting industrial and agricultural development.
Staff of ISL exchange with academician Wang in regard to build national salt lake data center, the research and application of high temperature molten salt heat storage material and talent cultivation jointly with Qinghai University at the symposium.2014-12-18 -
ISL Organized the 9th “Salt Lake Science and Technology Forum”On Dec 8, ISL organized the 9th “Salt Lake Science and Technology Forum” in the Conference Room on the sixth floor of ISL. Professor Guangliang Hou from Life and Geology Sciences Academy of Qinghai Normal University and Junqing Yu from ISL were invited to give reports. Forum was chaired by the deputy director Dongping Duan.
Professor Hou obtained a PhD of Science in Beijing Normal University, whose main research lies in environmental evolution and humans’ response-adaptation. He is a leader of the 9th Natural Science Academy of Qinghai and has presided over projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, the Ministry of Education Fund, Qinghai Natural Science Foundation and Qinghai Social Science Foundation in succession and has published 6 SCI papers as the first author. Professor Hou gave an academic report named “Prehistoric Human Activities and Environmental Evolution in Tibetan Plateau”. First, he gave the examples to show the impact of Tibetan Plateau natural environment on human health. People who live in 4,000 meters above sea not only need to conquer the terrain obstacles, but also to overcome the impact of the natural environment of high altitude on human physiology. Then, he gave a “Triple Jump” mode about the human moving in the Tibetan Plateau. Finally, he believes it still needs further research to make a more definitive conclusion about the human inhabited in the Tibetan Plateau.
Researcher Yu graduated from Nanjing University in 1975, then obtained a PhD in Darmstadt University of Technology in German. He has learned overseas over ten years, presided many Natural Science Foundation projects, published a number of SCI papers and a monograph in English. Researcher Yu made a report named “the Current Situation and Prospects of Salt Lakes Geology”. First, he introduced the development history of Salt Lakes Geology of ISL. Then, he showed the achievement his research team has made about the Qinghai Lake, the resources of Li in Charham Salt Lakes and some freshwater lakes in Yunnan. In the end, Yu appealed for the inheritance, development and innovation while in research and emphasized the cooperation between different teams, trying to avoid the internal repetition and competition.2014-12-11 -
ISL Organized the 10th “Salt Lake Science and Technology Forum”
On Dec 10, ISL organized the 10th “Salt Lake Science and Technology Forum” in the Conference Room on the sixth floor of ISL. Professor Yuan Hu from University of Science and Technology of China and Jianping Wang from ISL were invited to give reports. Forum was chaired by the deputy director Dongping.
Professor Hu gave a report named “Polymer / layered Compound Nanocomposites: Improving the Fire Safety of Polymer Materials”. Report introduces the research progress of polymer / layered compound nanocomposites and the related fields from the flame retardant, preparation of materials, combustion behavior and toxicity aspects. Professor Hu, a Ph.D. supervisor, is the director of Safety Materials Institute, State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China and the supervisor of the Department of Safety Science and Engineering. His main research fields is polymer nanocomposites, new flame retardant and flame retardant polymer materials, fire safety evaluation of materials, hazardous chemicals monitoring, emergency response and key technologies of environmental restoration. In recent years, Prof. Hu has presided one subproject supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (also known as the “973” Program), three subprojects supported by the National Science & Technology Pillar Program in the Eleventh Five-year Plan Period, three projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, three projects supported by Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China and three industrialization projects supported by government. Moreover, Prof. Hu has participated in many research projects as a key researcher. Prof. Hu has authored over 300 research papers indexed by SCI in corresponding author capacity, six cooperative books and owned thirteen Chinese patents. He has also got National Teaching Achievement Award, First Award and Anhui Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, Second-class Award.
Researcher Jianping Wang gave a report named “the Conception of National Salt Lake Data Center’s Construction Based on Complex Network Analysis and Data-intensive Scientific Research Paradigm”. The report highlighted the importance of building up the National Salt Lake Data Center from different aspects including the background significance, the construction of infrastructure, the feasibility analysis, contents, objectives, key technical issues, risk assessment, response strategies, sustainable development and implementation plan.2014-12-11 -
ISL Organized the 8th “Salt Lake Science and Technology Forum”
On Nov 17, ISL organized the 8th “Salt Lake Science and Technology Forum”. Researcher Maofa Ge from Institute of Chemistry CAS and Lijuan Li from ISL were invited to give reports. Forum was chaired by the deputy director Dongping .
On 6th Maofa Ge, and vice director of State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species gave us a report “Atmospheric chemistry dynamic research”. Researcher Ge has been awarded 2nd class of National Natural Science Awards in 2006, supported by the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China in 2009. His research direction is atmospheric chemistry and environmental physical chemistry, using spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and reaction kinetics to study atmospheric oxidation, aerosol physical chemistry and the formation and control mechanism of environmental pollution.
Researcher Li gave a report “Scientific foundation of efficient utilization and green separation lithium in high ratio of magnesium to lithium salt lake brine”. She pointed out that extraction of lithium from salt lake brine had become the most important in energy scramble in the aspects of extraction system and technology, centrifugal extraction technology and equipment structure, and scientific problems in engineering process to solve.2014-11-24 -
Kang Shichang from CAREERI Visited ISL with Research Team
Invited by ISL, Kang Shichang, the dean of State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, and Yi Shuhua visited ISL with their research team.
On 6th Mar, lectures titled “Ice of Tibetan plateau and the global change” and “The emulator research of influence from cold area soil feature to frozen soil” were given by Kang Shichang and Yi Shuhua, separately. Kang firstly introduced the development of State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, and explained the work in the record of atmospheric environment and ice core atmospheric environment later on. Doctor Yi introduced the main influence factors to North American forest, north tundra and carried on simulate research.
After the lectures were given, Kang team visited the exhibition hall and test department of ISL. The future cooperation between ISL and CAREERI was discussed. The cooperation and scientific interchange between Salt Lake Resources and Chemistry Laboratory and State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences were discussed and arranged by Lai zhongpin and Kang Shichang.
Kang Shichang, researcher, doctoral supervisor, achieves National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. He is the dean of State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences. At present, he holds the position of vice editor in chief of “Atmospheric Research”, the editorial member of “Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions”. He mainly works on the record research of glacioclimatology and ice core atmospheric environment research.
Yi Shuhua, researcher, doctoral supervisor, graduated from McMaster University with a doctoral degree. The paper about influence of humus horizon on perennial frozen soil written by his research team were highlighted introduced by NATURE website and were published by many medium such as UPI. Lately, those papers were quoted by the second group of IPCC AR5.2014-03-12