Alumni Internship: Chinese Academy of Sciences – China
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Organization: Najing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Location: Najing, China
Student Name and Class Year: Alicia Caruso, 2014
Description: The strategic goals of Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGLAS) are:
1) Research will focus on lake resources and environment as well as regional sustainable development based on the exploration of process and structure of lake (including artificial lakes and reservoirs)-basin system and their interactions driven by natural and human activities.
2) The institute will be developed to be a world-wide center for limnological research and training with remarkable subject integrated superiority, outstanding regional feature, and knowledge inovation system, center for research on lake resource utilization and environmental engineering and technology, and center for policy consultation on sustainable development of developed cities.
Research fields in NIGLAS include: lake environment protection and resources utilization, lake-basin system evolution and manipulation, and regional sustainable development with focus on lake sediment and environment evolution, lake hydrology and water resources, lake biology and ecology, lake environment and engineering, lake-basin process and manipulation, resources and environment of basin and regional development, as well as lake-basin monitoring and digital basin.
