After completing their academic studies, many students from UIC have stepped onto the university podium to become teachers. What are the experiences of the first time in the apricot altar? Let's listen to their stories.
Guo Jiaxin
●Beijing Normal Hong Kong Baptist University
Class of 2014 majoring in Environmental Science
●The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
MSc in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
●City University of Hong Kong
Ph.D. and postdoctoral fellow in environmental energy
●Now it is Xi'an Jiaotong University
Associate Professor, School of Chemical Engineering
Take every lesson with your heart
Guo Jiaxin joined the School of Chemical Engineering of Xi'an Jiaotong University in 2022 as a distinguished researcher, associate professor, and doctoral supervisor, and was awarded the provincial and ministerial level high-level young talents in Shaanxi Province. As a young teacher, Guo Jiaxin takes striving to be a pioneer in scientific research as his goal, and at the same time, he also keeps the sacredness of the three-foot podium in mind and attends every class with his heart.
Guo Jiaxin's main research interests are advanced membrane preparation, research and development of superhydrophobic oleophobic coatings, research and development of nanofiber aerogels, and membrane wastewater and waste gas treatment technology. He has been committed to the preparation technology and application research of advanced electrospun nanofiber membranes for many years, and has successfully prepared a variety of advanced membrane materials such as superhydrophobic oleophobic membranes, self-cleaning membranes, MOF membranes, photocatalytic membranes, photothermal membranes, etc., and established factory-level electrospinning and gas-spun nanofiber membrane product production lines.
Guo Jiaxin actively puts his research results into application. During his postdoctoral period, he led the development of multi-group membrane crystallizers, which were applied in seawater desalination plants, achieving an average water recovery rate of more than 80%. In addition, he designed an industrial-grade zero-discharge membrane distillation wastewater treatment system for a denim production plant with a 99.8% wastewater dyeing removal rate. This project provides a demonstration case for the industrialization of membrane distillation and zero-discharge wastewater treatment.
At Xi'an Jiaotong University, Guo Jiaxin established the Advanced Membrane Preparation and Membrane Separation Technology Laboratory, leading master's and doctoral students to focus on the preparation of advanced functionalized membranes and coatings, and teaching courses such as environmental chemical engineering.
As a young teacher, Guo Jiaxin humbly learns from the experience of his predecessors and hopes to teach students according to their aptitude. He constantly polishes his curriculum, explores more effective teaching methods, and takes every lesson well and strives for excellence.
Guo Jiaxin believes that the most important thing to impart knowledge is accuracy and systematization. The explanation of knowledge points should be accurate and in-depth. He broke down each formula and explained it clearly, and let these knowledge points be connected into a system to form a mind map. He also vividly integrates the history of science and the stories of scientists into the classroom, so that students can see the background of the times and the development of science. "There is depth in the vertical and correlation in the horizontal, and the teaching is three-dimensional and interesting. He said.
Guo Jiaxin (middle) and a research team from City University of Hong Kong conducted experimental research
Recalling the time of studying at UIC, Guo Jiaxin believes that UIC's training model and educational philosophy are quite forward-looking, "UIC education enables students to quickly adapt to foreign English teaching and teaching modes, relatively more self-consistent and confident, and have a higher EQ and adverse quotient, making it easier to seize opportunities to stand out." He mentioned that under the concept of liberal arts education, UIC has created a friendly, inclusive, harmonious and open atmosphere, so that every student can have a broad space for development and enjoy it.
郭佳鑫在Water research, Journal of membrane science, Desalination等环境科学与膜科学领域的顶级期刊上发表SCI论文40余篇，其代表性作品多次入选期刊“访问次数最多的论文 (Most-Accessed Article)”。 他还担任中国海洋学会海水淡化与水再利用分会青年委员会委员，水处理领域权威期刊Journal of Water Process Engineering青年编委，Membranes, Water以及Sustainability期刊的客座编委。
Quartz Man
●Beijing Normal Hong Kong Baptist University
Class of 2015 in Applied Economics
●Macao National University
M.S. and Ph.D. in Information Systems
●He is currently a lecturer at the Australian National University
In the era of AI, whole-person education is becoming more and more precious
After graduating from Beijing Normal Hong Kong Baptist University, Quartz chose to pursue a master's and doctoral degree at the Australian National University. During his master's and doctoral years, despite his heavy academic workload, Quartz Man still struggled to squeeze out time and insisted on working as a teaching assistant and research assistant. He has used these opportunities to gain teaching and research experience that will lay the foundation for his future career.
Quartz Nan's research interests initially focused on the field of knowledge sharing and knowledge management. His areas of interest have an interesting interaction with the hot AI tools of the moment. Recently, Quartz Nan collaborated with Dr. Deng Bingjie, another UNU alumnus, on a paper on the role of AI tools in a knowledge-sharing platform, which has been published in the world-leading journal Information Processing and Management.
As his research deepened, Quartz Man began to dabble in a broader range of topics, bringing together management science, psychology, and computer science, and this interdisciplinary perspective brought him unique insights.
Looking back on his undergraduate days at Beijing Normal University, Quartz Man has many fond memories, especially many teachers with superb teaching standards, and the wonderful courses they teach have impressed Quartz Man. For example, Wu Minglu, associate professor of applied economics, is able to simplify complex econometrics so that beginners can quickly understand and grasp them. Simplifying complex problems is an extraordinary ability. That's what I've been learning. Quartz man said.
Quartz Nan recalled that Wang Ying, an associate professor at the School of Business Administration, once quoted "a gentleman is not a weapon" to encourage students to uphold the concept of whole-person education and explore the various possibilities of life. When he stepped onto the podium, he was deeply convinced of holistic education: "In the age of AI, those who only practice a single skill are easily replaced. The unique spirituality and creativity of human beings are irreplaceable, and this is the value of holistic education. I believe that in the future, we need to cultivate 'whole people' with more possibilities and creativity. ”
Ma Chao
●Beijing Normal Hong Kong Baptist University
2013 Human Resource Management
● Australian National University
Master of Business Administration
M.A. and Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior
●He is currently a lecturer at the Australian National University
Follow the example of your teacher
Teaching at an overseas university can be a challenge for most non-native English speakers. Ma Chao, who is currently a lecturer at the School of Management at the Australian National University's School of Business and Economics, believes that the main challenges come from cultural and linguistic differences. He is committed to imparting knowledge to his students in a lively and entertaining way.
Chao Ma graduated with a PhD from the Australian National University
Ma Chao followed the example of his own mentor and learned from the excellent teachers he met during his study experience. During his time at BNU, Ma Chao was deeply impressed by the teachers' knowledge, vivid lectures, and strict and caring students. "They showed me the role model of a university teacher. In my current role, I will also draw on their teaching style and teaching experience. ”
As a new generation of young teachers, Ma Chao admits that some of today's new technologies, such as the development of AI, have a significant impact on the industry. "In teaching, I will also discuss with students about career development and how to maintain the core competitiveness of human resources, hoping to inspire students' future career development. In the face of the coexistence of challenges and opportunities, Ma Chao suggested that the younger students should explore as soon as possible, clarify their goals, and make career plans.
Chao Ma's current research interests are organizational behavior and human resource management, covering perceived overcompetence, leadership, career development, and advocacy behavior, and he has published 14 academic journal papers and 20 conference presentations.
Rod Hui
●Beijing Normal Hong Kong Baptist University
Class of 2013 majoring in Statistics
●Hong Kong Baptist University
Double Master's Degree in Operations Research and Business Statistics,
Ph.D. in Statistics
●It is now Hong Kong Baptist University
Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science,
Director of the Double Master of Masters in Operations Research and Business Statistics
A teaching career that "goes with the flow".
From studying at Beijing Normal University to teaching at Hong Kong Baptist University, Lo said that her career path has been "following the trend" and continuing her deep relationship with her alma mater.
From students under the podium to puzzlers on the podium, preparing and lecturing becomes a major challenge for new teachers. Some of the taught master's students have no background in statistics or mathematics, and Luo Hui will try to take care of students with a relatively weak foundation in mathematics when preparing for classes, and at the same time avoid setting the course content too shallowly. The experience of serving as a teaching assistant for three years has also enabled Luo Hui to accumulate some experience in lecturing. As a former student of this course, Luo Hui reviewed his previous learning experience, summarized the key points of the class, and arranged the lessons and exercises from the perspective of students.
Luo Hui (first from right) took a group photo with colleagues and students
She mentioned that her supervisor (who has now returned to the United States) when she was doing her undergraduate graduation project, "His way of teaching and the style of taking students to do projects have had a deep impact on me, and I will also learn from some of his methods and apply them to my own classes."
Many teachers, including Professor Fang Kaitai, a leading figure in statistics, impressed Luo Hui, "Professor Fang has always been able to explain difficult statistical theory knowledge clearly and easily understandable. Not only Professor Fang, but every teacher I met in my four years of university life has a strong sense of responsibility for teaching and educating people, and they can teach students according to their aptitude. Luo Hui said that it was precisely because of the enlightenment she received in the past four years that she changed from being afraid of academic research to becoming a strong interest, and finally chose to embark on an academic path and become a university teacher.