University
of Science &Technology of China
Institute of Polar Environment
The Institute of Polar
Environment, University of Science & Technology
of China
( IPE-USTC ), was constructed in June 1999 from several related groups. We have
sent successively nine researchers to join the 15th, 16th,
18th Chinese scientific expedition on Antarctica
and the second/ third Arctic expedition since 1998. These scientists or students are
professor Liguang Sun (15th
for Antarctica and Third Arctic), professor Zhouqing Xie (15th
for Antarctica and Second / Third Arctic), PHD students Xuebin Yin (16th),
Renbin Zhu (18th), Xiaodong Liu (18th), Jianjun Wang (18th)
respectively. We also performed the field investigation on Xisha Archipelago in South China Sea during March to April 2003.
Research
Interests:
1. The Millenary Eco-geology
2. Environmental Pollution
3. Environmental Geochemistry
4. Greenhouse Effect & Global Change
Research
Projects:
1. Historical population changes of penguin, seal and other seabirds in Antarctica
2. Lake sediments and environmental evolutions in Antarctica,
Arctic, Southern China Sea
3. Monitoring of greenhouse gas emission in polar regions
4. Relationship between the ecological evolution and climatic change
5. Assessment of anthropogenic pollution in some typical regions, i.e. polar
region and Southern China Sea.
Summary
of Accomplished Researches:
This institute has published more than 40 scientific papers on above areas
in «Nature»,
«Journal of Geophysical Research», «Atmospheric
Environment», «Polar Biology», «Environmental Geology», «Science Progress», «Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology», «Chinese Science Bulletin», «Progress
in Natural Science», etc. Since 2000. (Seen details on Paper list)
Students:
More than
10 undergraduate students, 3 master and 3 PHD graduate students have completed
their theses at IPE in the recent 3 years. Especially, Thesis by Xie ZQ was
awarded the "100 Best Ph.D. Theses in China"
(2003). At present, there are 5 master and 2 PHD graduate students.
Contact
Information:
E-mail: slg@ustc.edu.cn
Tel: 0086-551-3607583
Fax: 0086-551-3601415
