On November 5, 2023, the second plenary meeting of the third Academic Committee of the Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of the Ministry of Education was held in Zhizhi Building, Chang’an Campus, Shaanxi Normal University. In view of his hard work and outstanding contributions to the construction of the laboratory over the years, Prof. Fang Yu was appointed as the honorary director of the Laboratory, and was presented the letter of appointment by SNNU vice president Chen Xinbing.

Committee chairman Academician Han Buxing, vice chairman Prof. Gao Ziwei, Academician Xie Suyuan, Prof. Li Guangtao, Prof. Huang Jianbin, Prof. Wu Lixin, Prof. Huang Feihe, Prof. Zhang Xiaobing, Prof. Huang Fei, Prof. Liang Yongmin, Prof. Hao Jingcheng, Prof. Zhu Weihong, Prof. Luan Xinjun, Prof. Kong Jie and Prof. Ding Liping attended the meeting.

More than 40 people attended the meeting, including Chen Xinbing, Science and Technology Department vice director Cao Xiaoyi, Laboratory Construction and Management Department vice director Li Zhaohu, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering dean and the Key Laboratory director Xue Dong, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Party secretary Gao Lingxiang, and the laboratory’s research faculty members.

Prof. Ma Jiani, one of the key members of the laboratory, presented a report titled “Research on the photochemical reaction mechanism of organic molecules”.