Visitation of the Delegation of Chinese Women Scientists to the U.S., Eugene, OR, USA
March 2014
COACh and China: COACh had the privilege of hosting a delegation of women scientists from China recently at the University of Oregon. The visit was part of the China – US Science and Technology Education and Research visitation that was organized by the U.S. State Department and the China Science and Technology Exchange Center. We had many wonderful discussions on scientific topics of common interest and career issues for women in science in our two countries.
Also helping with the visit were several graduate students from the University of Oregon and Professor Gang-Yu Liu from U.C. Davis. A special thanks to Ms. Jiying Chen, Division Director of the China Science and Technology Exchange Center.
Attendees from China:
- Ms. Jiying CHEN, Group Leader Division Director, China Science and Technology Exchange Center
- Ms. Yuyang BAO, Doctoral Student, Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management, Beijing Normal University
- Dr. Rui FAN, Associate Professor, Tongji University
- Dr. Fei HU, Laboratory Chief, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute
- Ms. Xiaoyun JIANG, Chief Engineer, Hunan Normal University
- Ms. Wei LIU, Researcher, Beijing Institute of Technology
- Dr. Zhu LIU, Professor, School of Physical Science and Technology, Yunnan University
- Dr. Rui PENG, Associate Professor, Soochow University
- Dr. Qian WU,Deputy Director, Experimental Center for Teaching of Preventive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University
- Ms. Xuemei YANG, Vice Director, Ministry of Science and Technology of China
Workshop on “Building Bonds: A Joint China-U.S. Workshop for Women Researchers in Chemistry”, Beijing, China
October 2011
Research Areas:
- Chemistry,
- Biological Materials,
- Renewable Energy,
- Novel Polymers,
- Drug Design and Delivery
This first workshop for women research scientists from the U.S. and China was held in Beijing in October 2011. It was organized at the Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science in collaboration with COACh.
News releases:
- Chinese Academy of Sciences news release
- Chinese, U.S. women chemists gather in Beijing to talk science
Funding was provided by the US National Science Foundation (chemistry division), the National Natural Science Foundation China and the Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science.