Trip to China-January 2008

In January, Prof. Giesy traveled to Nanjing and Beijing to work with colleagues and students at those universities. He presented lectures and worked individually with students for whom he serves as an advisor on their various projects. The presentations included:

1. “Monitoring of Exposure to and Potential Effects of Contaminants in the Environment”. With R.S.S. Wu, D.W.T. Au, A. Chan, P.K.S. Lam and B. Richardson. To: Nanjing University, School of the Environment, Nanjing, China, January 14, 2008.

2. “Monitoring for Novel Compounds in the Environment and Status and Trends of

Emerging pollutants”. With R.S.S. Wu, D.W.T. Au, A. Chan, P.K.S. Lam and B. Richardson. To: Freshwater Fishery Research Institute of Jiangsu Province (Nanjing), China, January 15, 2008.

3. “Monitoring and Measuring POPs in the Context of Risk Assessment”. With

R.S.S. Wu, D.W.T. Au, A. Chan, P.K.S. Lam and B. Richardson. Provincial Environment Agency, Jiangsu Province (Nanjing), China, January 16, 2008.

4. “Monitoring for Novel Compounds in the Environment and Status and Trends of

Emerging pollutants”. With R.S.S. Wu, D.W.T. Au, A. Chan, P.K.S. Lam and B. Richardson. To: University of Beijing, Beijing China, January 18, 2008.

5. “Monitoring of Exposure to and Potential Effects of Contaminants in the

Environment”. With R.S.S. Wu, D.W.T. Au, A. Chan, P.K.S. Lam and B. Richardson. To: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Research Center for Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China, January 14, 2008.

6. “Monitoring for Novel Compounds in the Environment and Status and Trends of

Emerging pollutants”. With R.S.S. Wu, D.W.T. Au, A. Chan, P.K.S. Lam and B. Richardson. To: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Research Center for Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China, January 14, 2008.

Prof. Giesy and his colleague and friend Prof. Hongxia YU of Nanjing University discuss an experiment while the students and post docs look on.

Prof. Giesy explains a concept to some of the graduate students after his lecture at Nanjing University.

Prof Giesy having dinner with Profs. Yu and Jin and the students and post docs.

Prof. Giesy presents a lecture on Environmental Monitoring to his colleagues at the Science State Key Lab of Urban and Regional Ecology at the Chinese Academy

of Sciences Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences in Beijing.

Prof. Giesy discusses potential experiments with his colleague and friend, Prof. Yonglong LU.

The entrance to Peking University in Beijing.

Prof. Giesy at the entrance to Peking University.