To enhance the understanding of new young faculty members about the school and the college, and to help them quickly adapt to their roles and better integrate into teaching and research teams, the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences Union held the 2024 "Integration Plan" and pre-job training for new faculty members on the afternoon of July 20 at the Chengguan Campus. New young faculty members from the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences and the Pan-Third Pole Environment Center, as well as college party and administrative leaders, the deputy dean, and union leaders attended the training session.
During the training, all new faculty members first shared their insights and experiences from the series of training sessions organized by the school. Through self-introductions, they further enhanced their mutual understanding.
Leaders of the school’s party and administrative departments and the deputy dean delivered speeches, encouraging the young faculty members to quickly adapt to their new roles, take initiative, integrate into teaching and research teams, plan their careers reasonably, explore bravely, and actively practice, expanding themselves in both "specialization" and "breadth."
The college party leader provided a special tutorial, covering topics such as ideology, integrity education, legal education, ethnic and religious policy work, teacher ethics, institutional regulations, and the guidelines for grassroots party organizations.
Finally, the college staff addressed concerns and questions raised by the young faculty members one by one.
Introduction of New Faculty Members at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences:
Cui Jiaying:Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Cui holds a Ph.D. jointly awarded by South China University of Technology and Duke University and completed postdoctoral work at Tsinghua University. Her research focuses on solid waste management and resource recovery technologies. She has led projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Fund, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Pollution Control and Resource Utilization, and sub-projects of the National Key Research and Development Program. Cui has published papers as the first author in top journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Science of the Total Environment, Resources Conservation and Recycling, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, and Chemical Engineering Journal, and holds three authorized invention patents.
Han Meiqin:Associate Professor, Department of Geography, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Han obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Auckland and completed postdoctoral work at Lanzhou University. Her research focuses on the evolution processes of modern river landforms and influencing factors. She has led projects funded by the NSFC and the Gansu Province Fund. Han has published multiple academic papers in journals such as Progress in Physical Geography, Catena, and WIRE's Water.
Lin Dantong:Young Researcher, Department of Hydrology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Lin’s research focuses on soil water and groundwater migration. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2016, her Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2021, and subsequently worked at Tsinghua University's postdoctoral research station in the Department of Hydraulic Engineering. Lin was selected for Tsinghua University's "Shuimu Scholar" program and the first "Youth Talent Support Program" by the China Society for Hydropower Engineering in 2023, and joined Lanzhou University in August 2023. She has led one NSFC Youth Fund project and one Beijing Natural Science Foundation Youth Project, and has published over 20 academic papers, with more than 10 as the first author in journals such as Rock Mechanics, Environmental Science & Technology, and Water Resources Research. Lin holds one national invention patent and three software copyrights.
Mao Guannan:Young Researcher, Pan-Third Pole Environment Center, Lanzhou University. Mao holds a Ph.D. jointly awarded by Nankai University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag). His research focuses on the structure and potential risks of microbial communities in extreme environments. Mao has led projects funded by the NSFC, special grants and general grants from the Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and the second Comprehensive Scientific Expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. He has published over 30 high-level papers in recent years, including seven SCI papers as the first author in journals such as Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Pollution, and Journal of Environmental Sciences, and holds three national invention patents.
Wang Xuejin:Young Researcher and Master’s Supervisor, Department of Hydrology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University. Wang completed his Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D. at Lanzhou University (2012-2023) and was a joint Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT-IFU) in Germany from 2021 to 2022. His research focuses on the impact of climate and land use change on hydrological processes, land-atmosphere feedback and water recycling processes, and regional climate and hydrological process modeling. Wang has participated in key projects and general projects funded by the NSFC. He has published more than ten papers in international journals such as Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Journal of Hydrology, and Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, and contributed chapters to one monograph. Wang is a reviewer for journals such as Journal of Hydrology and Theoretical and Applied Climatology.
Yu Tao:Young Researcher and Master’s Supervisor, Pan-Third Pole Environment Center, Lanzhou University. Yu holds a Ph.D. from the Institute of Microbiology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research, based on bioinformatics and genomics, combines metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and metaproteomics to analyze the structure, function, and adaptation mechanisms of microbial communities in extreme environments such as glaciers. Yu has published multiple SCI papers as the first author (including co-first authors) in journals such as Nature Biotechnology and Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics.
Yan Qi:Laboratory Technician, Pan-Third Pole Environment Center, Lanzhou University. Yan holds a Ph.D. from Lanzhou University and specializes in the study of microbial community structures in lakes. She has participated in youth projects funded by the NSFC, the second Comprehensive Scientific Expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and national key R&D projects. Yan has been recognized as an outstanding graduate of Gansu Province and has published over ten high-level papers in recent years, including three SCI papers as the first author in journals such as Environmental Microbiology and Frontiers in Microbiology, and holds two national invention patents.
Zheng Guoxiong:Young Researcher, Department of Geography, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University. Zheng holds a Ph.D. jointly awarded by the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Geneva. His research focuses on remote sensing and modeling of cryosphere disasters. Zheng has led four projects funded by the NSFC and other sources, published over 40 papers, and received three provincial and ministerial science and technology awards.
Zhang Yumeng:Young Researcher, Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, and Cuiying Postdoctoral Fellow. Zhang’s research focuses on the separation of fine particles, agglomeration, and rotational fluid. She has published 12 SCI academic papers as the first/corresponding author in international authoritative journals in the fields of environment and particles, and holds two Chinese invention patents and two authorized Chinese utility model patents. Zhang has led projects funded by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, the Major Special Projects of Science and Technology of Gansu Province, the Youth Science and Technology Fund Program of Gansu Province, and the Youth Science and Technology Talent Support Program of the Gansu Association for Science and Technology.
Qiao Shuhua:Master’s student in Physical Geography, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University. Qiao’s research focuses on tree rings and global change. Currently, she serves as the Talent Secretary in the Office of the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, responsible for talent introduction, evaluation, and daily management (including postdoctoral work); personnel work (title evaluation and job classification, faculty development); and teacher ideological and political work and teacher ethics.
