Nobel Prize winner Professor Kostya Novoselov visits and guides the School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering

On December 15, the first International Conference on Intelligent Materials and Green Electrochemistry and the Inaugural Meeting of the Sustainable Innovation Technology Institute at Guangdong University of Technology was successfully held at the University Town Campus. Professor Konstantin Novoselov, the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate and foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was invited to deliver the conference report. After the conference, Academician Novoselov, accompanied by Vice President Yu Lin of the university, Party Secretary Zhou Dongbin of the college, and other leaders and teachers, visited the large instrument platform in Building Four of Engineering, the chemical simulation laboratory, and the laboratories of various research teams in the college. He also exchanged views with student representatives, including Zhang Boyang, a 2020-level PhD student, and Chen Sixi and Li Zhurong, 2021-level master's students.

During the visit, Academician Novoselov gave full affirmation to the university's work in scientific research, talent cultivation, and international exchange and cooperation. In the exchange, regarding the question raised by Chen Sixi about engaging in new research directions, Academician Novoselov advised that researchers should strive to maintain deep cultivation in the same field, focus on doing one thing well, rather than having a fleeting enthusiasm. When Zhang Boyang asked about the commercialization path of scientific research achievements, Academician Novoselov stated that the commercialization of technological achievements will inevitably have a huge and positive impact on life. He advised young scholars not to feel anxious about technical bottlenecks, problems in future large-scale production, or other issues. As the backbone of future scientific research and its industrialization, it is essential for every graduate student and researcher to focus on overcoming technical challenges and reasonably allocate time and energy.

Konstantin Novoselov is a world-renowned physicist who, along with Andre Geim, won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of graphene. His research areas include condensed matter physics, mesoscopic transport, superconductivity and ferromagnetism, nanostructures and nanofabrication, graphene, and other two-dimensional crystals. The conference report delivered by Academician Novoselov and his on-site guidance to the college provided valuable opinions for the college's scientific research, talent cultivation, and laboratory construction. It brought the most cutting-edge scientific knowledge and research dynamics to the faculty and students, broadened their academic research horizons, and provided important guidance for the "striving for first-class" construction of the college's chemical engineering and technology discipline.

(Photos by Zhang Haoyun, Text by Zhang Boyang and Zhang Haoyun)