About Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (RCEES-CAS), formerly known as the Institute of Environmental Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, was founded in May 18, 1975. In 1986, it was amalgamated with Research Center of Ecology, CAS into the current name. Since 1996, RCEES was under the jurisdiction of both Chinese Academy of Sciences and State Environmental Protection Administration. From June 1999, RCEES was formally approved to implement the Knowledge Innovation Program Pilot Project of CAS.
Currently there are 308 staff in RCEES, including 3 academicians, 52 research professors, 84 associate professors, 103 assistant professors and 47 junior researchers or administrators working in various areas. There are 8 research departments or laboratories including State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Systems Ecology of CAS, Open Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecological Toxicology, 3 departments for administration or management and other sections.
The main purposes of RCEES are to carry out some national and international research projects in environmental sciences, systems ecology and environmental engineering, to advance the science and technology nationally and world widely, to provide fundamental data in ecological and environmental sciences for governments and to offer some applied high technology to enterprises. RCEES has set up a number of academic relationships and links with some well known institutes or academies in many countries, such as USA, UK, Germany, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Australia. Several important international conferences or symposia on eco-environmental sciences have been held here and many visiting scientists, scholars or students are bilaterally exchanged every year.
RCEES provides programs for graduate students, M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Ph.D. in both ecology and environmental sciences, and postdoctoral positions associate with these research fields. There are 6 well known journals published at RCEES, of them, Journal of Environmental Sciences published in both Chinese and English. There have been numerous academic achievements, patents and innovations produced to provide a sound support for environmental protection of the nation.
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