John Hodgkiss教授是香港大学退休教授、厦门大学客座教授，近海海洋环境科学国家重点实验室英文主编，自2005年起为实验室师生修改英文文章，并于2007年起，每年为师生开设英文写作、演讲课程，大大提高了同学们的英文写作及口头表达能力。2009年11月7日-11月30日，Hodgkiss教授将再次访问我实验室，并开设英文写作课程。
本年度的课程为“Common mistakes in English writing, and the correct use of abbreviations and references”（《英文写作中的常见错误、缩写与引文的正确用法》）。课程将包含六个部分：第一课至第四课内容涉及中国学生撰写英语科技论文的常见错误；第五课至第六课内容将主要讲授引用文献、缩写的用法及科技论文的正确格式。
此外，教授还专门开设讲座，反馈过去一年修改文章中所发现的常见问题。
具体时间安排如下：
讲座：
《论文写作问题反馈》11月18日（星期三），15:30-16:30，曾呈奎楼B-206
课程：
第一课：11月10日（星期二），10:00-11:40，曾呈奎楼B-206
第二课：11月12日（星期四），10:00-11:40，曾呈奎楼B-206
第三课：11月17日（星期二），10:00-11:40，曾呈奎楼B-206
第四课：11月19日（星期四），10:00-11:40，曾呈奎楼B-206
第五课：11月24日（星期二），10:00-11:40，曾呈奎楼B-105
第六课：11月26日（星期四），10:00-11:40，曾呈奎楼B-105
欢迎同学们前来参加！
（注意：如已参加过Hodgkiss教授2007年的课程，可选择不参加第一课至第四课）
联系人：施薇2186039vera_shiwei@xmu.edu.cn
以下附上John Hodgkiss教授个人简历：
PROFESSOR JOHN HODGKISS
BSc and PhDUniversity of Wales
Joined The University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 1986
Became a Professor in the Department of Ecology& Biodiversity at HKU in 1996
From 1983 – 1993 he was Associate Dean and then Dean of the Faculty of Science at HKU.
Head of the Department of Botany, 1992 - 1994
Head of the Department of Earth Science, 1992 - 1994
Head of the Department of Ecology& Biodiversity, 1995 - 1999
In 1997 he was awarded an MBE for his "Services to Environmental Education in Hong Kong" and in 2003 he was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC for his "Outstanding Contribution to Research in Marine Environmental Science".
He has taught Algology, Aquatic Ecology, Microbiology, Environmental Monitoring and Pollution Control, among many other subjects.
His research into algal dynamics and water quality control began in 1968 and he has worked on nutrient enrichment of fresh and marine waters; phytoplankton dynamics and Harmful Algal Blooms; dinoflagellate physiology and taxonomy; and proteomics of toxin producing algae.
He has published 187 referred journal papers; has written, edited or contributed to more than 50 books; has produced more than 120 Conference Abstracts; and he also has an extensive list of publications aimed at secondary school students, University students and the general public.
Between 1969 and 2002 he received more than 30 major grants totalling nearly HKS6 million to support his research and, in addition, as part of group research projects he shared awards of more than HK$10 million.
He also obtained 18 teaching grants, including a HK$5.5 million award for setting up with colleagues the "Virtual School of Biodiversity", an on-line teaching platform to support students in the biological sciences.
He is a Fellow of the United Kingdom Institute of Biology, the Linnean Society, and the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management.
He is, or has been a member of many societies related to environmental science, including as Co-President of the Association on Harmful Algal Blooms in the South China Sea.
He has undertaken more than 40 consultancies including the HKSAR Government's Red Tide Consultancy.
He chaired the HKSAR Government's "Country and Marine Parks Board" and its "Endangered Species Advisory Committee"; was a member of its "Water Pollution Control Ordinance Appeals Board", its "Red Tide/HAB Expert Advisory Group" and its "Council for Academic Accreditation"; and also was one of their Science Advisors from 2000 – 2003.
He has reviewed numerous scientific manuscripts and various books/conference proceedings dealing with aquatic research, and he has also reviewed research proposals in the UK, USA and the Hong Kong SAR.
He retired from HKU in 2003, but is currently an Honorary Professor there.
Since then he has been Chief English Editor for the Key State Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science at Xiamen University and, over the past three years has edited more than 250 journal papers from staff and students associated with the Laboratory. He is also an Adjunct Professor there.
He also gives courses to graduate students at Xiamen University in the use of English in written and oral presentations when he visits Xiamen each year.
