Schedule
Practicals
Confirmed Lecturers
 
 
Sponsors
Contact us
 

Ms Vera Shi, vera_shiwei@xmu.edu.cn
Ms Yan Yang, yangyan@xmu.edu.cn
Phone: 86-592-2186039
Fax: 86-592-2184101
http://mel.xmu.edu.cn/conference/geotraces

 
 
 
Nov. 8, 2017 First circular
Nov. 15, 2017 Online registration open
Dec. 20, 2017 Second circular
Feb. 23, 2018 Registration closed
Mar. 16, 2018 Notification of successful applications
May 11, 2018 Arrival and check-in
May 12, 2018 Training course begins
May 18, 2018 Departure from Xiamen
 

 

Program
 
Time Content of lecture (practical) Lecturer(s)

Day 0   May 11, 2018 Friday

Arrival in Xiamen and onsite registration

13:00-18:30

Registration

18:40

Icebreaker

Day 1     May 12, 2018 Saturday, A3-206 Lecture Hall
(*Overview talks include >15 min Q+A, Guest lectures include>5 min Q+A )

9:00-9:10

Welcome & Introduction

Minhan Dai

9:10-10:40

Overview talk 1: Metal marine biogeochemistry (Download)

Edward Boyle

10:40-11:10

Group photo & Tea break

11:10-12:30

Trace metal analysis instrumentation (Download)

Edward Boyle

12:40-14:00

Lunch break

14:00-15:20

Sampling oceanic trace elements (Download)

Yihua Cai

15:20-15:50

Tea break

15:50-18:00

Student’s poster presentation (3 mins/each)
Participants are required to bring their research posters and set them up on May 12 till May 17. During this time slot, participants need to prepare 1 or 2 slides in PowerPoint format and present a brief introduction on their research to initiate poster interactions.

18:30

Dinner

Day 2  May 13, 2018 Sunday, A3-206 Lecture Hall

9:00-10:30

Overview talk 2: Metal isotopes (Download)

Edward Boyle

10:30-11:00

Tea break

11:00-11:45

Guest lecture: Metal isotopes in marine sediments

Xiangkun Zhu

11:45-12:30

Guest lecture: Nu Plasma MC-ICP-MS (Download)

Xiangkun Zhu

12:40-14:00

Lunch break

14:00-15:30

Methods in isotope measurements (Download)

Edward Boyle

15:30-16:00

Tea break

16:00-16:45

Guest lecture: Non-traditional analysis of non-traditional stable isotopes (Download)

Xinyuan Zheng

17:00

Bus leaves for Workshop Dinner

Day 3  May 14, 2018 Monday

9:00-19:00

Practical 1: Clean sampling, FIA and MC-ICP-MS demo

Clean sampling: Yihua Cai & Liping Ye
FIA: Kuanbo Zhou
& Yongming Huang
MC-ICP-MS demo: Zhimian Cao & Yaojin Chen

19:10

Dinner

Day 4  May 15, 2018 Tuesday, A3-206 Lecture Hall

9:00-10:30

Overview talk3: Metal speciation in the ocean (Download)

George Luther

10:30-11:00

Tea break

11:00-11:45

Guest lecture: Trace metal-phytoplankton interactions

Bill Sunda

12:00-14:00

Lunch break

14:00-14:45

Guest lecture: Transformation and fluxes of micronutrient metals across seafloor redox interfaces: Overview of processes and approaches (Download)

Mustafa Yucel

14:45-15:30

Guest lecture: Application of radio-Isotopes in biological pump studies (Download)

Minhan Dai

15:30-16:00

Tea break

16:00-17:30

Methods in electrochemistry & metal speciation

George Luther

17:40

Dinner

 

Day 5  May 16, 2018 Wednesday

9:00-17:00

Practical 2.1:
Electrochemical methods: Metal speciation
Practical 2.2: Electrochemical methods: Solid state electrode fabrication
Practical 2.3: Electrochemical methods: Polishing, electroplating and use

Practical 2.1: George Luther & Deli Wang & Rujun Yang
Practical 2.2, 2.3:
George Luther & Mustafa Yucel &
Kunming Xu

17:10

Dinner

Day 6  May 17, 2018 Thursday

9:00-12:00

Practical 2.1:
Electrochemical methods: Metal speciation
Practical 2.2: Electrochemical methods: Solid state electrode fabrication
Practical 2.3: Electrochemical methods: Polishing, electroplating and use

Practical 2.1: George Luther & Deli Wang & Rujun Yang
Practical 2.2, 2.3:
George Luther & Mustafa Yucel &
Kunming Xu

12:10-14:00

Lunch break

14:00-16:00

Student Group Reports (20 mins/each group, 15 mins presentation + 5 mins Q&A)
* On the first day, participants will be assigned with 6 questions. Each group will be allowed to pick one from the 6. The group members need to discuss and work together through the course, and give the oral presentation on May 17 to address the question they picked.
Minhan Dai
George Luther

16:00-16:30

Tea break

16:30-17:30

Discussion & QA

17:30-18:00

Closing (Download)

18:30-

Dinner