讲座题目：考古材料中的生物分子和同位素信息

                        Biomolecules and isotope signals from archeological material

　　主讲：  杨洪 教授

　　时间：  2015年12月15日周二下午2:00-4:00

　　地点：  公司赛克勒考古与艺术博物馆会议室206室

　　杨洪教授是布莱恩特大学终身教授暨查尔斯·斯迈利环境科学冠名讲席教授、陆生环境实验室主任、兼任耶鲁大学地质及地球物理系研究教授。2005年杨洪教授创立布莱恩特大学孔子学院并任经理，同时兼任美中研究所所长。他是美国科学促进会思隆奖金（1993）和中国国家自然科学基金海外杰出青年基金（2001-2004）获得者。2005年，他被美中关系全国委员会选为全美公共学者，2014年获得国际教育管理者协会会长奖。

　　杨洪教授曾就读于中国地质大学（武汉）（学士）、中国地质大学（北京）（硕士）和美国艾达荷大学（博士）, 在美国维恩州立大学和密歇根大学完成博士后研究，获得哈佛大学教育学院高等教育高级管理证书(2009)和斯坦福大学商学院高级管理证书(2014)。他多年从事古环境学、古生态学、古气候学、分子古生物学和分子有机地球化学等多学科、交叉领域的教学和研究工作，是从事分子古生物学和原位单体分子同位素地球化学两个新研究领域的国际知名学者之一。他自1991年起共获得中国、美国和加拿大科学奖励22项，发表论文80余篇，专著3部。杨洪教授是布莱恩特大学2006年优秀教授奖获得者，并于2001年和2009年两次获得布莱恩特大学科研成果奖。杨洪教授还是中国同济大学、兰州大学、北京理工大学珠海学院和中国地质大学的荣誉教授。杨洪教授从2012年起出任布莱恩特大学副董事长，负责国际事务并建立布莱恩特大学珠海分校。

　　Professor Yang is the founding director of Bryant University’s U.S.-China Institute (2005- ) and the Confucius Institute (2007- ) and was promoted to the rank of Full Professor in 2009. He was appointed as Charles J. Smiley Chair Professor in 2010. Professor Yang was also a research professor at the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale University and a visiting professor at three Chinese universities and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Professor  Yang received his bachelor's and master’s degrees from the China University of Geosciences in Wuhan (BA) and in Beijing (MS), and his Ph.D. from the University of Idaho. Prior to joining Bryant faculty, he was an Alfred P. Sloan Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Wayne State University. He also received executive development certificates from Graduate School of Education at Harvard University (2009) and Business School of Stanford University (2014). 

　　Professor Yang’s research group is focused on molecular investigations of modern and ancient organisms, global climate changes, and anthropogenic alternation of physical environments. This involves a range of approaches from fieldwork on extraordinary fossils to laboratory experiments on molecular, organic geochemical, and stable isotopic investigations. Professor Yang has published over 80 peer reviewed scientific journal articles and is a co-editor of three recent books (“The Geobiology and Ecology of Metasequoia” Springer, 2005, “Metasequoia: Back from the Brink?” Yale University, 2007, “Metasequoia: The Legacy of Dr. Shigeru Miki” Japanese Association of Historical Botany, 2011). Professor Yang has received 21 scientific awards, honors, and recognitions, including the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Award. He has received Bryant University’s Research and Publication Award twice in 2001 and 2009 and was awarded Bryant University’s Distinguished Faculty Award in 2006. The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations selected him as a national Public Intellectual Fellow for the years of 2005-2007. Association for International Education Administrators (AIEA) awarded him the 2014 Neal Presidential Fellowship Award. Professor Yang was named Bryant’s Vice President for International Affairs in 2012.