The forum focus on the theme of high-quality development of mineral materials, exploring international scientific frontiers in the research of mineral materials and mine pollution remediation, as well as discussing the direction of discipline development. Invited by Professor Yao Jun from the School of Water Resources and Environment at our university, the forum will feature academic reports on topics such as "Mineral Resources and Solid Waste Pollution Control and Remediation" and "Innovation and Talent Exchange in the Belt and Road Initiative." Distinguished experts from countries and regions such as Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, Russia, and Croatia will present their reports.

Theme: The international scientific research frontiers of mineral materials

Time: December 16, 2024

Location: Offline at Yifu Building, Room 616; Online ID: 944-961-937

Professor Hans Herrmann Richnow: Professor of the Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Germany; President of the European Union of Geosciences; Editorial board member of multiple journals; International advisor to the Chinese Energy Society. He has led more than 30 EU framework projects, Marie Curie Actions, and major national projects in Germany. His research focuses on stable isotope fractionation and photochemical degradation of organic pollutants/mining organic agents and their ecotoxicology. He has published over 360 papers in journals such as Nature, Nature Communications, and Environmental Science & Technology, authored over 10 books, and holds 10 international patents. He has made outstanding contributions to the field of environmental geochemistry.

Researcher Esther álvarez Ayuso: Deputy Director of the Environmental Geochemistry Department at the Salamanca Natural Cycles Agricultural Research Institute (IRNASA-CSIC), Spain. She has led more than 10 EU framework projects, major national projects, and research programs in Spain. Her research focuses on environmental pollution by toxic elements such as antimony and the restoration of contaminated sites and environmental degradation through innovative methods such as cement encapsulation. She has published over 200 papers in journals like Nature and Science and has made significant achievements in environmental geochemistry and mine metal pollution remediation.

Professor David Gillan: Deputy Director of the Department of Proteomics and Microbiology at the University of Mons, Belgium; Committee member of the Belgian Society of Microbiology. He conducts research in environmental microbiology, focusing on the remediation of heavy metal pollution in mining environments and the development and application of related technologies using genetics, microbial ecology, and biotechnology. He has published over 50 papers and authored 5 books, achieving outstanding results in the field of environmental biogeochemistry.

Professor Robert Duran: Chairman of the EU Microbial Ecology Expert Group, Director of the French Microbiology Institute, Deputy Director of the MIRA Research Federation, and member of various scientific bodies including the CNRS, the French Society for Microbial Ecology (AFEM), SETAC, and the French National Project EC2CO Committee. He has led over 20 EU framework, European Commission, and French national projects, received 9 international/national awards, and published over 200 papers. His research on the diversity and functional genes of microbial communities in environments polluted by heavy metals, organics, and mining chemicals is internationally recognized.

Professor Hrvoje Kusic: Dean of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology at the University of Zagreb and the Faculty of Environmental Sciences at the Koprivnica Northern University. He is an editor for the top international journal Chem. Eng. J. (IF: 13.3) and recipient of the 2011 National Science Award. He has led over 10 EU projects and published over 110 papers. His expertise includes the remediation of pollution in non-ferrous metal mines, soils, water bodies, and the atmosphere, and he has made significant contributions to the development of pollution control and remediation technologies in the EU.

Professor Tatiana Minkina: Director of the Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences at Southern Federal University, Russia. Her team is one of the most influential in Europe in the field of mine waste prevention and pollution remediation. She specializes in the environmental biogeochemistry of mine waste management, recycling, and resource recovery. She has published over 660 papers and played a key role in advancing technologies for mine waste control and pollution remediation in Europe.

China University of Geosciences (Beijing)

School of Water Resources and Environment

Research Center of Environmental Science and Engineering