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报告人：Prof. Jorge Gardea-Torresdey（美国德克萨斯大学）

报告题目1：What You Should Know Before and After Submitting a Manuscript to a Scientific and Engineering Journal - An ES&T Editor’s Advice

报告时间：2020年1月8日（周三）下午14:30-16:00

报告题目2：From Phytoremediation to Implications and Applications of Nanotechnology in Agriculture

报告时间：2020年1月9日（周四）上午10:30-12:00

报告地点：华南理工大学大学城校区环境楼B4-215会议室

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报告人简介：

Dr. Jorge Gardea-Torresdey is the Endowed Dudley Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Environmental Science & Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).

Dr. Gardea-Torresdey’s research interests include: applications of spectroscopy techniques in environmental chemistry; benefits and implications of nanotechnology in agricultural systems (i.e. the improvement of crop yields and quality through the use of nanoparticle delivery systems for essential nutrients, pesticides, and herbicides); development of analytical methods to detect nanomaterials; and the development of nano-enabled modular water treatment systems that are easy to deploy and that can treat and reuse challenging wastewaters.

Dr. Gardea-Torresdey has a strong record of teaching and training undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Gardea has graduated 40 Ph.D. Students (33 in Environmental Science and Engineering, 6 in Chemistry and 1 in Material Science & Engineering), and 36 students have received their M.Sc. degrees under his mentorship. Also, he has mentored more than 37 undergraduate students in research. He has graduated more Ph.D. students (40) in STEM fields in UTEP's history.

Dr. Gardea-Torresdey is a key investigator who has authored over 470 publications and issued five US patents for environmental remediation. Currently, he is the UTEP PI of three major multi-institution research centers on nanotechnology: (1) the $48,000,000 NSF University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), (2) the $18,500,000 NSF ERC Center for Off-Grid Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), and (3) the $480,000 USDA Center to Enhance Micronutrient Use Efficiency and Increase Crop Yield using nanotechnology. The scientific contributions of Dr. Gardea-Torresdey have allowed him to receive many honors throughout his professional life. Among other awards, he has received the UTEP’s Graduate Mentor Award (2016) and his research achievements are highlighted in the Lawrence Hall of Science of the University of California Berkeley. He received the 2009 SACNAS Distinguished Scientist of the Year Award and was awarded the 2012 Piper Professor Award, which is one of the most prestigious honors conferred to a Professor in the State of Texas. Very recently, Dr. Gardea received the distinguished 2018 University of Texas System’s STARs Retention Award, which is perhaps the highest honor for a faculty in the whole University of Texas System.

Dr. Gardea’s career has been highlighted by the most important Journals in Science and Engineering, including the October 28, 2009 issue of Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) and the December 3, 2009 Issue of Nature. He was Editor of the Journal of Hazardous Materials from 2007 to 2010 and on January 1, 2011, he was appointed Associate Editor of ES&T.

报告一摘要：Dr. Gardea will share in this workshop his extensive experience as an Editor. He was Editor of the Journal of Hazardous Materials from 2007 to 2010 and on January 1, 2011, he was appointed Associate Editor of ES&T, which is ranked # 1 in the world in the fields of Environmental Sciences and Environmental Engineering.  This workshop will cover important information on publishing and on the relevance of impact factors and H-Index that cannot be easily found in books. The talk will cover four main topics: 1) Where to publish, so you get cited, 2) Summary of good technical writing, 3) what to do after manuscript submission, and finally 4) Plagiarism and scientific misconduct. Even the trained researchers will learn something in the workshop.

报告二摘要：The extensive work of my research group at the University of Texas El Paso (UTEP) in the field phytoremediation led us to discover, for the first time, that plants could form gold nanoparticles (NPs) from the absorbed gold ions. This discovery allowed us to be part of the UC Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), The widespread use of copper-based nanomaterials has been accompanied by an increasing interest in understanding their potential risks. It is essential to understand the effects of these nanoparticles on edible crops by performing long-term experiments at relevant exposure concentrations. Sugarcane is the source of 70% of the world's sugar supply and the widespread use of refined sugar and the consumption of raw sugarcane can provide a route for nanoparticles to enter the food supply. In order to evaluate the biochemical and physiological effects of copper nanoparticle exposure, sugarcane was grown for one year in soil amended with 20, 40, and 60 mg/kg of Kocide 3000 (a copper-based fungicide), copper metal nanoparticles, micro-sized CuO, and CuCl₂. The results show that stress indicators such as catalase and ascorbic peroxidase enzymatic activity in the sugarcane plant were activated by all the copper-based materials at different concentrations. Sugarcane plants exposed to nearly all copper treatments showed dosage dependent increases in copper concentrations in root tissues. Translocation of copper to aerial tissues was minimal. My presentation will also include information, which we recently published in Nature nanotechnology, on our thoughts of future implications and applications of nanotechnology in agriculture.