Awards & Honors

Recently, the Ministry of Education and the China Scholarship Council announced the proposed winners of the 2018 National Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad Scholarship. A total of 500 doctoral students studying in 29 countries were selected.

Following Dr. Shan Yuli, who received the award in 2016, two more CEADs members - Jiamin Ou from the University of East Anglia and Yin Long from the University of Tokyo - have received this honor.

The National Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad Scholarship was approved by the Ministry of Education and established by the China Scholarship Council in 2003. It reflects the country s care for self-financed students studying overseas and recognizes outstanding academic achievements. The award has attracted broad attention and recognition in China and abroad. The review process combines quota-based recommendations from overseas institutions with competitive evaluation in China. Candidates are recommended by Chinese embassies and consulates overseas, and the China Scholarship Council conducts a comprehensive assessment based on research topics, research outputs, academic publications, development potential, and preliminary reviews by overseas experts. The council then organizes domestic experts for a final review of the recommended candidates. The final results are announced after approval by the Ministry of Education, and only 500 outstanding overseas students receive the award each year.

This year, Dr. Jiamin Ou of the CEADs team, recommended by the Education Section of the Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom, and Dr. Yin Long, recommended by the Education Section of the Chinese Embassy in Japan, successfully passed the preliminary and final reviews and were ultimately selected.

Jiamin Ou

Jiamin Ou is currently a PhD candidate at the School of International Development, University of East Anglia. Her research mainly covers consumption-based accounting of air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as the application of climate and air quality models. She has published more than 20 papers in international SCI journals, including five first-author papers in Environmental Science & Technology, Applied Energy, Atmospheric Environment, and Science of the Total Environment. In 2018, she was selected for the Young Scientists Summer Program of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), where she also received the 2018 Mikhalevich Award.

Representative Publications

1. Ou, J., Zheng, J., Yuan, Z., Guan, D., Huang, Z., Yu, F., ... & Louie, P. K. (2018). Reconciling discrepancies in the source characterization of VOCs between emission inventories and receptor modeling. Science of the Total Environment, 628, 697-706.

2. Ou, J., Meng, J., Zheng, J., Mi, Z., Bian, Y., Yu, X., ... & Guan, D. (2017). Demand-driven air pollutant emissions for a fast-developing region in China. Applied Energy, 204, 131-142.

3. Ou, J., Yuan, Z., Zheng, J., Huang, Z., Shao, M., Li, Z., ... & Louie, P. K. (2016). Ambient ozone control in a photochemically active region: short-term despiking or long-term attainment?. Environmental science & technology, 50(11), 5720-5728.

4. Ou, J., Zheng, J., Li, R., Huang, X., Zhong, Z., Zhong, L., & Lin, H. (2015). Speciated OVOC and VOC emission inventories and their implications for reactivity-based ozone control strategy in the Pearl River Delta region, China. Science of the Total Environment, 530, 393-402.

5. Ou, Jiamin, et al. "Concentrations and sources of non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) from 2005 to 2013 in Hong Kong: A multi-year real-time data analysis." Atmospheric environment 103 (2015): 196-206.

Yin Long

Yin Long received his master s degree from Keio University in Japan, where he was supported by Japan s Ministry of Education G30 scholarship. He is currently a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Environment Systems, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo, and a visiting researcher at the Japan Science and Technology Agency. He has previously worked at the National Institute for Environmental Studies in Japan, the Keio University SFC Research Institute, and other research institutions. His research focuses on city-scale and urban household emission structures, as well as the spatial distribution of carbon emissions. Over the past three years, he has published several papers in leading SCI and SSCI journals, including Applied Energy, Energy Policy, and Journal of Cleaner Production.

Representative Publications

1. Long, Y*., Yoshida, Y. (2018). Quantifying city-scale emission responsibility based on input-output analysis - Insight from Tokyo. Japan. Applied Energy 218, 349-360

2. Long, Y*., Yoshida, Y., Fang, K., Zhang, H., & Dhondt, M. (2019). City-level household carbon footprint from purchaser point of view by a modified input-output model. Applied Energy, 236, 379-387.

3. Long, Y. **, Yoshida, Y., & Dong, L.* (2017). Exploring the indirect household carbon emissions by source: Analysis on 49 Japanese cities. Journal of Cleaner Production, 167, 571-581.

4. Long Yin, Dong Liang*, Yoshida Yoshikuni, Li Zhaoling, (2018) Evaluation of energy-related household carbon footprints in metropolitan areas of Japan, Ecological Modelling, Vol.377, 16-25

5. Long, Y. *, Yoshida, Y., Zhang, R., Sun, L., Dou Y., (2018). Policy Implications from Reveling Consumption-based Carbon Footprint of Major Economic Sectors in Japan. Energy Policy. 119, 339-348.

The CEADs team wishes everyone a happy Chinese New Year and thanks you for your support and attention.

We wish you good fortune, success in all things, and happiness with your family in the New Year.