Topic: Situation and Vision of Oceanographic Research

Speaker: Academician Chen Dake

         Second Institute of Oceanography, MNR

Time: 13: 30-15: 00, November 29, 2021 (Monday)

Venue: S818, South Building, Mong Man Wai Technology Building, Tsinghua University

Live Streaming at Official Weibo of the Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University            Tencent Conference (ID: 486 2460 7683)

Introduction to the Lecture: The ocean with myriad unsolved mysteries is a cradle of life, a treasure house of resources, a paradise for scientists, and also a frontier field related to national strategic needs such as maritime rights and interests, security, resource development, and disaster prevention and mitigation. Starting from the importance and imperativeness of oceanographic research, the lecture will introduce the developments of international oceanographic research and the prospect of China’s oceanographic research. China, in a period of opportunities during its transition from a country of vast maritime territory to a maritime power, can very probably realize the leap-forward development in the maritime field given proper top design and equal attention to both science and technology.

Profile of the Speaker:  

Chen Dake is a physical oceanographer and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Former professor of Columbia University and former director of the State Key Laboratory of Satellite Marine Environmental Dynamics, Chen Dake is currently Director of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai) and Director of the Science and Technology Committee of the Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources. He has been engaged in basic oceanographic research for a long time, making important achievements in offshore, oceanic and climatic fields. His present research focuses on tropical air-sea interaction, the basic theory of ocean circulation, and polar ocean and climate variability. Meanwhile, he works with several important international academic organizations and journals, committed to promoting ocean and polar research programs at the national level and internationally.