Prof. Wang in the laboratory
When a faraway friend drools with envy over lychee in the south, although you excitedly delived a box of freshly picked lychee with ice through air transport, there is a fly in the ointment that the lychee your friend received has already been stale. Is there any way to make up for this discount? Xiaoying Wang, a 38 years old female professor in the school of Light Industry Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, put forward a scientific solution. Prof. Wang has devoted herself to study antibacterial properties of biomass materials for more than ten years. These outcomes show widely applications in many aspects such as food preservation, biopharmaceuticsand-health products.
Carry dreams, there is no rest on the road of research
After graduating from college, Xiaoying Wang taught in a high school of her hometown for four years. During this period, she lived an easy and calm life, but a dream of working on scientific research was never forgotten by her. She gave good lessons to high school students in her class, while in her spare time, she studied hard and was accepted as a postgraduate student at Wuhan University where she got a doctor’s degree. At the beginning, she read extensively to accumulate professional knowledge, including unsolved research problems and ways that domestic and foreign researchers used to do research. Then she plunged into laboratory, conducted a series of experiments to make her idea come true. With scientific research enriched her spiritual life, she finally found her own position.
In 2008, she joined into South China University of Technology. She always silently worked in the laboratory, using rigorous and meticulous view to find a miracle. Here, she found a true sense of belonging. Focusing on research let her achieve great success.
There are many disadvantages of antimicrobial agents when one of them is used alone. Scientists have been trying to overcome drawbacks of antimicrobial agents.Chitosan in seafood, shrimp and crab shell is a natural antimicrobial agent, which has advantages of high antimicrobial activity and non-toxicity. However, poor thermal stability limited its further applications, which need to be improved by combining with other agents. After reading literature and experiment tests, Prof. Wang found that antimicrobial agent prepared by combinationchitosan and rectorite had broad prospects in antibacterial field. Series of her research results have been recognized by counterparts at home and abroad, for which she won the first session of the scholar of the Young Yangtze River from the National Department of Education and has been selected to undertake the project supported by National Outstanding Youth Science Foundation.
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Achievement of scientific research is not only made by one person’s effort, but also by a collective and hardworking team. Her laboratory is relatively narrow, and she shares an office of 10 square meters with other three teachers. Each student has his own research area, but they always keep an open and shared attitude to exchange ideas with each other. Prof. Wang thought that, ‘Occlusion prevents us from growth and being stronger’.
If he can't draw inferences, don't give him any more examples
In the article titled “The Analects of Confucius”, Confucius mentioned, “If he can't draw inferences, don't give him any more examples”, which stressed the importance of inspiring students to infer other things from one fact. Prof. Wang believes that curiosity drives students to learn something, and the key in class is to inspire students to think and ponder independently.
She was good at inspiring students’ interest by attractive pictures and vivid video. When came with difficult professional knowledge, Prof. Wang often chose simple language and used practical examples to elaborate these to students. In this way, they often got twice the result with half the effort after class. For the reason that students learned a lot in class, they didn’t need to embrace Buddha’s feet and pray for help in time of emergency when final exam came.
She believes that each student should receive appropriate training in scientific thinking Scientific and logical thinking can be widely used in various fields, which used to be limited in book and rules.
Letting each student find bright spot within him/her and helping students develop a lifelong attitude for learning are aims of her as a teacher. These two aspects enable students to deal with all kinds of changes in the future and have important personal foundation for happiness. Prof. Wang believed that learning, research and life are closely related to each other. If you live a life without thinking, just shimmed over the surface of life, your life is meaningless. What is wonderful life? One can put all his heart to his career, thus gains a sense of belonging in the community, and gathers experience to reach to field of wisdom.
As a teacher meanwhile a friend for students and clear fog on their life road
Under the guidance of Prof. Wang, students developed increasing interest in what they were major in, more and more students came to laboratory.
Weijie Ye began to follow guidance of Prof. Wang and carried on a project when he was a sophomore. Time flies, until now, 6 years has gone unconsciously. As chief graduate student in his class, he said, “I lost in a confused situation when I entered the university. Prof. Wang sowed a seed of scientific research in my heart. She always chooses the topic we are interested in, introduces the development of the subject to us, which makes me full of confidence in the future.”In this way, she inspired them to explore the curiosity of the unknown areas. As a result, her students’ professional attainment and scientific ability improved. Her graduate student Kaihang Chen said, “The weekly meeting almost never stopped. During period when Prof. Wang visited Harvard University for one year, video conference also regular held. In meeting, we brought out problems encountered in experiments, and Prof. Wang gave us advice timely. ”when she read good articles on the WeChat, whether the subject was about science frontier or some life tips, she would push them to students if she had benefited. In order to release pressure on students with heavy tasks and create a harmonious atmosphere for them to achieve teamwork, Prof. Wang organized her students to go out to relax.
Prof. Wang with her students
When Prof. Wang was head teacher of a class in college, she often freely taught about ideal, life and study with students in QQ group. Moreover, students worried about future and failure in final exams were welcomed to find advice from her. What’s more, she would urge students to review for exam.
Care and warmth received from Prof. Wang is healing to students. The consideration lets students know that behind them there are someone care about themselves in silence. This relationship between teachers and students allows students to exert their potential to explore the colorful world. In the year her class students graduated from college, all 33 students got graduation certificate smoothly. When teacher’s day comes, many students will send messages to express their thanks and bless. Times flow, the constant is the eternal love of teacher and students and hopes from friendship between them.
Benefiting from interests in scientific research, Prof. Wang developed considerable insight and became more and more experienced in training students. Interests make her find her true soul and maintain high spirits. Prof. Wang is lucky, it is luckier that there is a family supporting and concerning her, so that she has a good place to rest her mind after working hard. “My home is full of happiness and fun. Although work reduced the time with my child my family gives me endless tolerance. I like child very much.My daughter is 6 years old, and second child will burn in March.” Prof. Wang touched the bulge of the pregnant belly and said with warm smile and motherly love.