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Prof. Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr Holds a Seminar for IUE Postgraduates
At the invitation of the Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Prof. Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr from the Clark University, U.S., visited IUE on May 28 and gave a talk on methods to measure and extrapolate land change. He introduced the application of a method called Intensity Analysis which is used to analyze changes in land use on interval l...At the invitation of the Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Prof. Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr from the Clark University, U.S., visited IUE on May 28 and gave a talk on methods to measure and extrapolate land change. He introduced the application of a method called Intensity Analysis which is used to analyze changes in land use on interval l...
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Director of UNU-IIGH and Assistant Director of UNU-IAS Visits IUE
Professor Anthony G. Capon, Director of the UNU International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH), Professor Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira, Assistant Director of UNU Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) and Professor Christopher Doll, also from UNU-IAS visited IUE from May 26th to 27th. A seminar was held on May 27th focusing on climate co-benefits in...Professor Anthony G. Capon, Director of the UNU International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH), Professor Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira, Assistant Director of UNU Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) and Professor Christopher Doll, also from UNU-IAS visited IUE from May 26th to 27th. A seminar was held on May 27th focusing on climate co-benefits in...
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Visiting Professor Brajesh Singh Visits IUE
Prof. Brajesh Singh from the University of Western Sydney visited IUE and will work here from May 19 to June 18, 2014, sponsored by Chinese Academy of Sciences Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists. He gave a speech entitled microbial diversity and ecosystem functions: significance, size and shape on May 27 and exchanged ideas on relevant issues with att...Prof. Brajesh Singh from the University of Western Sydney visited IUE and will work here from May 19 to June 18, 2014, sponsored by Chinese Academy of Sciences Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists. He gave a speech entitled microbial diversity and ecosystem functions: significance, size and shape on May 27 and exchanged ideas on relevant issues with att...
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The 1st Ecotoxicology Symposium Takes Place
The 1st Ecotoxicology Symposium co-organized by the editorial department of Journal of Ecotoxicology, the Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University, Zhejiang, and the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), took place from April 23 to 26, 2014, in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. Over 460 domestic and overseas experts attended and Prof. Lvju...The 1st Ecotoxicology Symposium co-organized by the editorial department of Journal of Ecotoxicology, the Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University, Zhejiang, and the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), took place from April 23 to 26, 2014, in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. Over 460 domestic and overseas experts attended and Prof. Lvju...
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The 18th UCAS-BHPB Scientific English Writing Training Held at IUE
The 18th UCAS-BHPB Scientific English Writing Training was held from April 21 to 24, 2014, at IUE. Prof. Xiangbin Zhu, Assistant Principal of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shaohua Chen, Deputy Director of IUE, and more than fifty postgraduates presented at the opening ceremony.The 18th UCAS-BHPB Scientific English Writing Training was held from April 21 to 24, 2014, at IUE. Prof. Xiangbin Zhu, Assistant Principal of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shaohua Chen, Deputy Director of IUE, and more than fifty postgraduates presented at the opening ceremony.Deputy Director Chen gave a warm welcome to the guests and highlighted the importance ...
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Li and Me
During a week-long trip to China in January this year, I was invited to meet with Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing to discuss science. At first, I was in disbelief. After all, China is a nation of 1.3 billion people. Li, as Premier and Party Secretary of the State Council, has many pressing issues of national and international concern to attend to. In all my years as a scientis...
