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The 1st Greater Bay Area Earth & Environmental Sciences Young Scholars Symposium was launched in CUHK by EESC
Group photo of the symposium participants
The 1st Greater Bay Area Earth & Environmental Sciences Young Scholars Symposium, organized by postgraduate students from the Earth and Environmental Sciences Programme (EESC), was successfully launched on 30th November 2023. The one-day event attracted over fifty attendees from 7 universities and institutes in the Greater Bay area, including Sun Yat-sen University, Southern University of Science and Technology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in addition to The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
On-site photos of the symposium. (a) Registration of attendees before the symposium. (b) Discussion between audience and presenter. (c) Mohammadreza, a Ph.D. student from PolyU, was giving his presentation. (d) Desserts and poster presentation.
The symposium featured 23 oral presentations and 13 posters covering a wide range of topics, including ocean, atmosphere & soil, structural geology, volcano, seismology, geodetic, and laboratory rock friction experiments. The event provides a platform for multidisciplinary collaboration and mutual promotion of young scholars. At the end of the symposium, three best-oral presentations and two best-poster presentations are awarded to recognize the excellence of the presenters after peer voting of participants.
Photos of best-oral presentation (a) and best-poster presentation (b) winners. The GESS committee invited Prof. LIAO Jie (廖傑) from Sun Yat-sen University and Prof. YANG Hongfeng (楊宏峰) from EESC, CUHK as the awarding guests.
| Award | Awardee | Affiliation |
| Best-oral presentation |
Mr. WANG Peifeng (王培鋒) |
Earth and Environmental Sciences Programme, CUHK |
| Ms. CHU Wai Ching (徐葦程) |
School of Life Science, CUHK | |
| Mr. HUANG Yin (黃印) |
School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University | |
| Best-poster presentation |
Ms. NG Sze In Madeleine (吳思妍) |
Earth and Environmental Sciences Programme, CUHK |
| Ms. WANG Ziyan (汪紫煙) |
School of Life Science, CUHK |
The symposium is fully organized and run by postgraduate students, with only advisory support from professors. The organizing committee comprises 8 postgraduate students from EESC and prepared the event in 1.5 months. We are proud to share that Ms. Katie, a symposium participant from The University of Hong Kong, expressed her recognition of the symposium's performance and acknowledged the organizing team in her e-mail after the symposium.
| Name | Year of Study | Research |
| Ms. HUANG Yiwen (黃懌文) |
Year 2 (PhD) | Volcano simulation |
| Ms. LAI Donger (賴冬兒) |
Year 3 (PhD) | The transformation mechanism of Organosulfate compounds |
| Ms. LIU Hui (劉慧) |
Year 3 (PhD) | Marine Seismology |
| Ms. MAO Jia (毛佳) |
Year 3 (PhD) | Atmosphere chemistry |
| Mr. XIAO Maiqian (肖勱謙) |
Year 2 (PhD) | Climate change |
| Ms. WANG Ziyan (汪紫煙) |
Year 2 (PhD) | Coastal wetland biogeochemistry |
| Mr. ZHANG Wensong (張聞松) |
Year 1 (PhD) | Deep Learning in Cryosphere |
| Mr. ZI Jinping (資金平) |
Year 4 (PhD) | Induced earthquakes |
The organizing committee thanked attendees from different institutions for their coming, which greatly enhances multidisciplinary communication and provides opportunities for scientific cooperation. The committee also expressed gratitude for the support from the Earth and Environmental Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, as well as extended thanks to all contributors and participants for their support, which contributed to the success of the symposium. Furthermore, The committee gave additional acknowledgment for Prof. CHAN Man Nin (陳文年), Mr. HU Yukai (胡虞鍇), Ms. DENG Di (鄧迪) and Ms. LEI Guoyang (雷果洋) for their remarkable help in the symposium.