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Ocean Science Education and Research at Peking University Liping Zhou lpzhou@pku

Ocean Science Education and Research at Peking University Liping Zhou lpzhou@pku.edu.cn COSEE-China Planning Workshop 2010-3-9, Beijing. Olympic village. Airport. Peking University. Tiananmen Square. Founded in 1898, currently 30,000 students.

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Ocean Science Education and Research at Peking University Liping Zhou lpzhou@pku

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  1. Ocean Science Education and Research at Peking University Liping Zhou lpzhou@pku.edu.cn COSEE-China Planning Workshop 2010-3-9, Beijing

  2. Olympic village Airport Peking University Tiananmen Square

  3. Founded in 1898, currently 30,000 students. (with affiliated Middle-High School, Primary School and Kindergarten)

  4. Peking University Campus

  5. A passage to the ocean… ideas meetings organisations

  6. 2009-12-11Workshop on ocean research at PKU organised by the Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies of Peking University.

  7. law，pharmaceutics，engineering，ENV sci and engineering biology physics Earth sciences

  8. Questions asked: • Why PKU didn’t do ocean research? • Ocean research at PKU: • background, present status, opportunity and challenge • Is there really a need for setting up • PKU Centre for Ocean Research？

  9. Major barriers (identified) • “lack of academic/disciplinary basis” • “Beijing is too far from the ocean” • “lack of relevant expertise” • “unable to compete with marine universities” • “unable to obtain samples” • 。。。 ……

  10. “Education” “Lesson 1”: Beijing is not so far from the ocean.

  11. “Lesson 2”: interdisciplinary nature of ocean-related research

  12. “Lesson 3”：Strategic planning and investment for ocean research in other countries 01/2002

  13. “Lesson 4” : Challenge and frontier in Earth Science: over 40 years international collaboration on deep sea drilling: DSDP, ODP and IODP.

  14. 2009-12-28 Application for setting up Centre for Ocean Research, at Peking University signed by 22 faculties from 8 colleges was submitted.

  15. Ocean education in action

  16. 2009PKU“Going to the ocean”Lecture series

  17. Cruise COMRA DY115-21 2009-7-18

  18. Cruise COMRA 115-21 OBS at South Pacific

  19. Samples!!!

  20. 红拟抱球虫 Globigerinoides ruber 袋拟抱球虫 Globigerinoides sacculifer 敏纳圆辐虫 Globorotilia menardii 双玦虫 Pyrgo 三玦虫 Triloculina 瓶虫 Lagena

  21. Motivation for ocean research at PKU: Urgent need to understand changes in the ocean and improve our knowledge of their consequences. e.g. the ocean's balanced physical, chemical and biological processes are being disrupted by humans, How fast and how to adapt ?

  22. Current research (interests and activities) • Marine life and environmental systems • Ocean resources • Deep ocean geodynamics • Law of the Sea and international relationship • Ocean technology and engineering

  23. A passage to the ocean… Forward-looking vision & First-class science Excellent people (old & young) Good funding Major potential advantages of Peking University: bright young people high-level interdisciplinary

  24. Ocean science teaching at Peking University • Before 2004/5(?) • Two courses for ALL undergraduates (up to >400/year): • Introduction to oceanography • Coastal environments: development and management • plus more specialised courses (mostly related to • atmospheric sciences and geosciences)

  25. Ocean science teaching at Peking University • Present and future: • Coordinated reorganisation of ocean-related courses for • undergraduates and post-graduates • Curriculum development for undergraduate major in • ocean studies • Development of designated undergraduate research • projects in ocean science • Contribution to COSEE-China development.

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