The LAMOST-Kepler Project:A Model of Win-Win Astronomical Cooperation——An Interview with Peter De Cat

<正>When astrophysicist Peter De Cat from the Royal Observatory of Belgium visited Xinglong Observatory in2008,he learned from his Chinese colleague FU Jianning that LAMOST,the new 4m-aperture,5 degree field-ofview telescope capable of acquiring 4,000 stellar spectra at a time,would be open to the Chinese community only."What a pity,"he thought.However,when his research with NASA's Kepler satellite went deeper,De Cat felt the urge to bring LAMOST in.The significance of such a space-ground     

The Third Pole and Climate Change——An Interview with Prof. Lonnie Thompson

In late October 2011, the distinguished glaciologist Lonnie Thompson from Ohio State University depicted to BCAS reporter XIN Ling how environment has been changing in the Tibetan Plateau region, which he sees as a global research focus in the coming decade. As one of the first Westerners to drill and study ice cores in China, he also recalled his collaboration and friendship with scholars from the Chinese Academy of Sciences since 1984.     

Invest in the Future——An Interview with Particle Physicist WANG Liantao

正"The Higgs discovery has really opened the door to a circular electron positron collider,"said particle physicist WANG Liantao from the University of Chicago.Fifty years after it was first suspected to exist,the elusive Higgs particle was finally"caught"on the Large Hadron Collider(LHC)beneath the France-Switzerland     

Fighting Against Persistent Organic Pollutants——An Interview with Prof.JIANG Guibin

Persistent organic pollutants(POPs)are invisible killers to our environment and health.Among the fighters against those toxic chemicals,there is Prof.JIANG Guibin from the CAS Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences.As director of the State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology,this     

Microbial Carbon Sequestration in the Ocean: The Big Role of Small Bugs in Mitigating Global Climate Change——An Interview with Prof. JIAO Nianzhi

Ocean is the largest carbon reservoir on Earth. By taking up about one-third of all human carbon emissions, it has effectively reduced atmospheric carbon dioxide and eased global climate change. Scientists have studied extensively on the mechanisms of C02 absorption in the ocean, or the so-called ＂carbon pumps＂, from physical to chemical and biological pumps. Microbes, traditionally regarded as organic matter decomposers, had been long neglected until a few years ago Prof. JIAO Nianzhi from Xiamen University proposed the concept ＂microbial carbon pump （MCP）＂ illustrating that these tiny marine inhabitants are also producers of refractory dissolved organic carbon, a persistent form of matter which can be stored in the ocean for thousands of years and thus constitute an ideal carbon pool. Today, the MCP concept has been widely accepted as a promising sequestration strategy, and Prof. JIAO is working hand in hand with scientists from all over the world under the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research （SCOR） Working Group 134 to better understand how to use these magic creatures for preserving carbon in the deep blue.     

Exploring the Dynamic X-ray Universe——An Interview with YUAN Weimin on the Einstein Probe Mission

正The Einstein Probe(EP)mission is a small scientific satellite dedicated to time-domain highenergy astrophysics.It aims at discovering violent cosmic events and monitoring variable objects in 0.5-4 keV,for which it will employ a large instantaneous field-of-view(60°×60°,or 3600 square degrees),along with moderate spatial     

TMT: Best Location for the Best Science——An Interview with Dr. Gary Sanders

正Astrophysicist Gary Sanders probably won't describe the past two years as a best beginning for the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope(TMT),a cutting-edge astronomical facility set to be built in Hawaii for which he has been working as the project manager since a decade ago.From the road blockage by local demonstrators at the groundbreaking to a subsequent worldwide protest,the project seemsto be sliding into an abyss of endless political and religious disputes.     

Bridging Institutional and Continental Gaps through Scientific Excellence——An Interview with Dr.Abiodun Humphrey Adebayo at the Institute of Microbiology

The interview with Abio 1 and his supervisor Prof. ZHANG Lixin took place on a chilly December day towards the end of 2012, after a heavy snow had blanketed Beijing city. In Prof. Zhang’s cozy office at the Institute of Microbiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMCAS), Abio welcomed the reporter with a firm handshake and a sunny smile. Three months after arriving in Beijing, this tall, outgoing and hard-working Nigerian has well adapted himself to the work and life here.     

China's High Energy Experiment Goes Into Space——An Interview with ZHANG Shuangnan,Principal Investigator of the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope

At long last,after two decades of endeavor,China’s first high energy astrophysics research probe is about to take of f.The 2.5-ton Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope(HXMT),which is set to be sent 550 km above the ground early2017,will be carrying a trio set of detectors to gather X-rays emitted by black holes and neutron stars in the 1-250ke V band,and enable Chinese scientists to explore the distribution and property of these mysterious sources–with their own data,for the first time in history,in the next four years or more.In August,BCAS reporter XIN Ling had the privilege to meet astrophysicist ZHANG Shuangnan of the Institute of High Energy Physics(IHEP),Chinese Academy of Sciences who is now principal investigator of the HXMT project.During the interview,ZHANG talked about the telescope’s research missions,potential challenges in orbit,as well as its history and lessons to be learned in developing one of the nation’s first science satellites.     

Achieving Ambitions in Space Science:Bottom-up and Top-down Approaches——An Interview with Prof.Roger-Maurice Bonnet

<正>At the time when Chinese scientists are hailing the successful launch of the DAMPE,a satellite to detect possible dark matter particles in space,and meanwhile expecting the launch of further space missions,we have the honor to invite Prof.Roger-Maurice Bonnet,former Science Director of ESA(the European Space Agency)to glve comments and advice on project management in the field of space science.     

Neutrinos,Large Scientific Facilities and Science Innovation——An Interview with Prof. Arthur B. McDonald

<正>In the middle of May,2017,Professor Ar thur B.McDonald,director of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory(SNO)in Canada and Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics in 2015,visited the Institute of High Energy Physics(IHEP),Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS).After a brief visit to the laboratories for particle physics at IHEP,he shared his opinions on the future of neutrino physics,neutr ino exper iments,and other large scienti f ic faci l ities in China and worldwide.     

Future Carbon Research: Monitoring Regional Emissions and Developing Sequestration Strategies——An Interview with Prof. ZENG Ning

＂The ICDC meeting was first convened in Switzerland in 1981 with 40 attendees. This time it has more than 500 participants from all over the world. It speaks for both how interesting the scientific questions are and how much good science we can do＂ -- Prof. ZENG Ning     

An Interview with Prof. Flcmming Besenbacher： Pioneer in Sino-Danish Scientific Cooperation

At a special ceremony held in Beijing on January 18, 2012, the first Scandinavian received the Award for International Scientific Cooperation from the Chinese Academy of Sciences （CAS）. He is Prof. Fle...     

Learn from Each Other in Friendship and Trust——An Interview with Prof.Herbert J(a)ckle, Vice President of MPG

BCAS:As Vice-President of MPG you got involved in the establishment of the CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology (PICB) very early and have witnessed its growth from a small seed of an idea to a thriving centre for science excellence.As we know,PICB,a "joint venture" of the MPG and CAS,is administered via some procedures and mechanisms typical for an institute of the Max Planck Society.How would you describe or evaluate the implications of setting up and running an MPG-style institute in the Chinese context?     

From Artemisinin to Antimalarial Drugs:A Role Model of Scientific Collaboration——An Interview with Academician CHEN Kaixian on China's First Nobel Prize in Sciences

<正>On December 10,pharmocologist TU Youyou from the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine was awarded the 2015Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in Stockholm,"for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria".As the first Chinese citizen to receive a Nobel Prize in sciences,she has been under the spotlight and her stories celebrated by many.BCAS reporter XIN Ling had the privilege to talk to     

Work Together to Revive the Great Traditions of Chinese and Uzbek Astronomy——An Interview with Academician Shuhrat Ehgamberdiev,Director of the Ulugh Beg Astronomical Institute,Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences

正Professor Shuhrat Ehgamberdiev is currently Director of the Ulugh Beg Astronomical Institute(UBAI)of the Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences.Thanks to his organizational and scientific skills,Maidanak Astronomical Observatory(MAO),which is a part of UBAI,has become one of the key observatories in a number of international projects requiring continuous monitoring of unique astrophysical objects.In particular,he has been playing an active role     

Work Together to Revive the Great Traditions of Chinese and Uzbek Astronomy——An Interview with Academician Shuhrat Ehgamberdiev,Director of the Ulugh Beg Astronomical Institute,Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences

正Professor Shuhrat Ehgamberdiev is currently Director of the Ulugh Beg Astronomical Institute(UBAI) of the Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences.Thanks to his organizational and scientific skills,Maidanak Astronomical Observatory(MAO),which is a part of UBAI,has become one of the key observatories in a number of international projects requiring continuous monitoring of unique astrophysical objects.In particular,he has been playing an active role in establishing close collaboration with the National     

Understanding the Genome's “Dark Matter”——An Interview with Prof.CHEN Lingling

<正>Overshadowed by DNA and their coding counterparts,non-coding RNAs remained in the darkness for a long time as"junk"or"useless"fragments in the genome,until only about a decade ago,when analysis of complete sequencing of human genome brought it into attention.As the afterglow of the ground-breaking Human Genome Program,this has since been a hot frontier of biology,and among those who have been pursuing this genetic"dark matter",Dr.CHEN Lingling,     

Learn from Each Other in Friendship and Trust ——An Interview with Prof. Herbert Jackle, Vice President of MPG

On Jan 23 rd , 2013, Prof. Dr. Herbert J ckle, Vice- President of the Max Planck Society (MPG) and a world- renowned expert in molecular developmental biology, was honoured with the CAS Award for International Scientific Cooperation of 2012 due to his devotion to the cooperation between CAS and MPG. He shared the Award together with Prof. C. N. R. Rao from India and Prof. G. A. Zherebtsov from Russia. Prof. J ckle has endeavoured to integrate a Max Planck model of management with the scientific research system of CAS in his catalytic efforts to establish and operate the CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology (PICB) in Shanghai. In an interview with BCAS reporter SONG Jianlan, he is invited to recall his experiences in cooperation with CAS and share with us his thoughts. Early involvement: Munich of September 2004 saw Prof. J ckle in an MPG-CAS talk aimed at setting up a "Max Planck Institute" beyond territories of Germany, which is now known as the CAS- MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology (PICB).     

An Interview with OUYANG Ziyuan： Chang＇e-3 and China＇s Lunar Missions

OUYANG Ziyuan is a distinguished geologist and cosmochemist, known as the founding father of the Chinese lunar exploration program. In the past two decades, he played a leading role in developing China＇s first lunar probes and blueprinting China＇s lunar exploration roadmap. He worked as chief scientist of the nation＇s first lunar mission, which was carried out by a China-made moon-orbiting spacecraft called Chang＇e-1. For the first time in the Chinese history, Chang＇e-1 accomplished moon observation in lunar orbit for nearly 16 months and obtained 100m-resolution 3D imagery of the entire moon＇s surface. After the success of Chang＇e-1, OUYANG continued to chair the Chang＇e-2 mission, the second lunar orbiter launched by China in 2010 which mapped the entire globe of the Moon in 7m resolution.