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Name:
Dr Mei Lei

Visiting Scientist from
Chinese Academy of Sciences
(Feb. 2006 - Feb. 2007)

 



-Phytoremediation for heavy metal contaminated land, especially screening the wild plant species for ecological restoration or remediation of contaminated soils, deciphering the processes of hyperaccumulators for tolerating and accumulating excess metals, and applying the agricultural technologies to improve the phytoremediation efficiency

-Effect of dissolved organic matter on the mobility and bioavailability of contaminants in soil

-Taxonomy and Distribution of Soils

Current research:

Assessing changes in cobalt tolerance of pasture resulting from nodulation, and finding the approach to ameliorate Co-deficiency of fodder crops. Identifying Co-chelating ligands within the xylem sap and cells. Physiological and Biochemical Dissection of Cobalt Accumulation by Plants (Australian Research Council Discovery Project, Grant No. DP0558999)
Dissecting the heavy metal sequestration in some hyperaccumulators. Excellent Young Scientist Fellowship (Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, Grant No. 2003A48)

Career

May 2004-present
Research Associate in Ecology
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

July 2001-May 2004
Research Assistant, Laboratory Manager
Laboratory of Environment Remediation, IGSNRR, CAS

Sept 2002-present
Biology Department Teaching Assistant
Graduate School of CAS

 

 

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