TRS Science Workshop and Advisory Committee Meeting

On 29 January 2019, a Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) Advisory Committee meeting cum workshop on photochemical air pollution was held for more than 20 scholars and scientists. Prof. You-lin Xu, Dean of the Faculty of Construction and Environment (FCE), welcomed the participants before Prof. Tao Wang of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) introduced his theme-based project on photochemical air pollution. This was followed by presentations from his project team, including Prof. Xin-ming Wang of the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Prof. Shun-cheng Lee and Prof. Hai Guo of CEE, Dr Chun-ho Liu of the University of Hong Kong, Prof. Alexis Lau of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Dr. Peter Louie and Dr. Kenneth Leung of the Environment Protection Department of the Hong Kong Government. Some of the project’s advisors, Prof. Yuan-hang Zhang, Prof. Gregory Carmichael, Prof. Alex Guenther and Prof. Allen Goldstein, attended the workshop and gave their advices to the project. Invited speakers, Prof. Min Shao, Prof. Allen Zheng, and Prof. Xuemei Wang, all from the Institute for Environmental and Climate Research at Jinan University introduced three National Key Research Projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology. The meeting ended with a discussion on collaboration among projects in the Greater Bay Area.