Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Dr.
Guibin Jiang has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award in
recognition of his seminal contributions to China’s environmental
research and conservation efforts. Dr. Jiang is director of the State
Key Lab of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology and the Chinese
Academy of Sciences’ Research
Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES).
Dr. Jiang is a world-renowned environmental expert and lecturer who has
authored and edited hundreds of peer-reviewed journal articles and
books. RCEES is the leading comprehensive eco-environment research
institute in China and home to three state key laboratories and
world-class instrument facilities.
The award will support Dr. Jiang and his team’s research on emerging,
persistent and toxic substances in the environment as well as the team’s
ongoing development of advanced screening methods to analyze those
substances.
“China has increasingly recognized the importance of science and
technology in solving problems of environmental pollution, and it is
supporting a number of research projects on persistent organic
pollutants,” reported Dr. Jiang and colleagues in a 2010 Science
China Chemistry article. “It is of the greatest importance to
develop efficient methods for assessing the occurrence and environmental
risks associated with those pollutants.”
“This award is a good step for us to move forward to enhance
environmental chemical research and, more importantly, to protect human
health, not just in China but worldwide,” Dr. Jiang added.
“Today China faces more challenges than ever in protecting public health
and the environment,” said Monty Benefiel, Agilent vice president for
Gas Phase Systems. “The government is investing billions in scientific
research and rehabilitation efforts to alleviate China’s growing
concerns over air and water quality, food safety and other risks
associated with rapid industrialization, urbanization and limited water
resources.”
In upcoming studies, Dr. Jiang and his team plan to use GC/QTOF
technologies for non-targeted screening of organic pollutants in
water systems across China. They will also employ hyphenated ICP-MS
(QQQ) technology to follow the transport of nanoparticles in
environmental systems and to better identify and quantitate heavy metals
and metalloids in polluted waters.
“We are honored to support the Research Center for Eco-Environmental
Sciences and Dr. Jiang’s important research aiding China’s efforts to
balance economic, industrial and urban development with environmental
protection and public health,” said Joe Weitzel, Agilent’s environmental
marketing manager.
The Agilent Thought Leader Award promotes fundamental scientific
advances by contributing financial support, products and expertise to
the research of influential thought leaders in the life sciences and
chemical analysis space. Information about previous award recipients is
available at Agilent’s Thought
Leader Program website.
About RCEES
Research
Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES),
Chinese Academy of Sciences, formerly the Institute of Environmental
Chemistry of Chinese Academy of Sciences founded in 1975, is China’s
first comprehensive research institution engaged in research on
eco-environmental science and technology. In 1986, authorized by State
Science and Technology Commission and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS),
it was amalgamated with Research Center of Ecology of CAS and was
reorganized into Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences of
Chinese Academy of Sciences (RCEES). In June 1999, it became a part of
the Pilot Project of Knowledge Innovation Program of CAS. RCEES is
located in Beijing and provides a key educational base for graduate
students and offers educational programs in a variety of environmental
sciences.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world’s premier measurement
company and a technology leader in chemical analysis, life sciences,
diagnostics, electronics and communications. The company’s 20,500
employees serve customers in more than 100 countries. Agilent had
revenues of $6.9 billion in fiscal 2012. Information about Agilent is
available at www.agilent.com.
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