At the invitation of Professor Nie Junsheng from the Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Researchers from China IODP Office will come to our university for a visit and give academic reports on September 30th. Welcome!
Lecturer1: Dr. Tuo Shouting
Title1: Review and the prospect of international ocean drilling
Lecturer2: Prof. Wang Fengping
Title2: Review and the prospect of deep biosphere research
Lecturer3: Prof. Zhang Guoliang
Title3: Ocean drilling history and lithospheric genetic evolution
Time: September 30th, 9:00 - 12:00
Site: Lecture room 502, Qilian Building, Lanzhou University
Lecturer1 profile
Tuo shouting graduated from Tongji University with a doctor's degree in marine geology. He is now the director of the China Office of the international ocean discovery program and the vice president of the School of Marine and Earth Sciences of Tongji University. He has long been engaged in the scientific management of China ocean drilling, organized and coordinated Chinese scientists to participate in the IODP voyage and post voyage research, and has a good understanding of the scientific management and organization operation mechanism of international ocean drilling.
Lecturer2 profile
Wang Fengping is a distinguished professor of Shanghai Jiaotong University, once participated in IODP 336 voyage, mainly engaged in the research of marine deep biosphere. She is currently a member of China's IODP expert advisory committee and a member of the platform management committee of the European ocean drilling Union. She won the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2015 and the "Zhou concentrated outstanding contribution" award of the China Society of microbial ecology in 2018. She is also the ambassador and international board of the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME), vice president of the geobiology branch of Chinese Paleontological Society, and deputy director of China Geological Microbiology Professional Committee.
Lecturer3 profile
Zhang Guoliang is a researcher at the Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has participated in IODP 329 and 349 voyages. He is mainly engaged in the research of marine petrology and mantle geochemistry. In 2015, he was supported by the excellent young science fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. In 2019, he was selected as the young and middle-aged scientific and technological innovation leader of the Ministry of Science and Technology. He has published more than 50 academic papers in mainstream journals such as Nature Geoscience, EPSL, Chemical GeologyandG-Cubed.
Brief introduction of IODP
The international ocean drilling program is the largest, longest, and most outstanding international science program in Geoscience. In order to let more young scientists and students understand and participate in ocean drilling, China IODP Office held a tour academic lecture on ocean drilling. The first two stations have been successfully held in Northwest University and Peking University, which has been highly praised by teachers and students. The third stop will be held at Lanzhou University on September 30th, 2021.
