Key Laboratory of Coast and Island Development (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Coast and Island Development originated in the Costal Research Group and the Marine Geomorphology and Sedimentology Research Laboratory founded at Nanjing University in the 1960s.In 1990, the laboratory became the National Pilot Laboratory of Coast and Island Development at the approval of the National Development and Reform Commission, the State Scientific and Technological Commission, and the Ministry of Education. In 2000, the laboratory was approved to be a Ministry of Education Key Laboratory. Its concept of development was agreed upon as Openness, Mobility, and Unity. In addition, it passed successfully the term evaluations organized by the Ministry of Education in 2004, 2009 and 2015 respectively.
Embedded in the theory of earth system sciences, the laboratory aims to the coastal ocean, namely, the whole land-sea transition zone, composing of the coastal zone, continental shelf, continental slope and continental rise.
With the advance of earth system sciences, the laboratory has also developed the research fields and made great achievements in these fields.
Research Fields
Land-sea interaction
Geomorphology and sedimentary processes
Anthropogenic aspect of coastal ocean
Coast, islands and continental shelf development and application
Global change and marine sedimentary dynamics
River-sea interaction and coastal & shelf development and application
Digital ocean system
Coastal ocean engineering and planning
In addition, some new research interesting is also included as follows:
Geomorphological processes and paleoclimate
Polar-ocean climate change
The mechanism of land-sea environment relations
Coastal towns & tourism planning and management
Characterization, mechanisms and evaluation of coastal ocean hazards
Members
51 permanent faculty members, including:
20 Professors
11 Associate Professors
14 Assistant Professors and full-time research scientists
6 engineering staffs
The faculty members are of high-profile scientists in this fields, which includes:
2 academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
4 special chair professors of the “Cheung Kong Scholars Program”
4 winners of the National Distinguished Young Scientist Fund Award
One winner of the title of the National Distinguished Teacher
7 recipients of the Ministry of Education “New Century Excellent Talents Program”
One winner of the National Friendship Award
One recipient of the Thousand Foreign Experts Program
2 members of the National Advisory Committee on Geography Education
Achievements
Based on the national key discipline - physical geography, Jiangsu provincial key discipline - marine geology, and the solid foundation of earth sciences in Nanjing University, some cutting edge studies have been exploited in the aspects of sedimentary dynamics, and the process and mechanism of land-sea environmental change, etc. It has achieved high-level research achievements such as 7 national and provincial awards.
Director of the academic committee: Li Jiabiao, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a professor at the Second Institute of Oceanography, Soa
Director of the laboratory: Zhou Chenghu, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Honorary director of the laboratory: Wang Ying, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
The series of field survey: Coastal Dynamics Investigation, Geophysics, Marine Chemistry, and Mobile Vehicle Laboratory, etc.
The series of indoor analysis laboratory:
Sediment Grain Size and Mineral Analysis Laboratory
Micropalaeontological and Sporopollen Analysis Laboratory
Geochemical Laboratory
Environmental Magnetism Laboratory
Tree-Ring and Climatic Change Laboratory
OSL Dating Laboratory
210Pb & 137Cs Radioisotope Dating Laboratory
Marine Geographic Information Systems Laboratory
Climate Simulation Laboratory
The laboratory formed a comprehensive system, including land-sea environmental resource investigation and sample collection, laboratory test analysis, GIS calculation and planning, and decision-making simulation.
Welcome scholars who are committed to earth sciences, especially coast & ocean researches, to join us.
