In order to encourage young scientists to carry out marine scientific research in the South China Sea and promote marine cooperation between China and ASEAN countries, we will set the "Young Oceanographer Award" and select up to 3 winners from the session of “Presentations by Trainees”. The winners will receive up to six months of funding to carry out collaborative research at the First Institute of Oceanography (FIO), Ministry of Natural Resources of China. The funding can cover all the necessary research expenses, international travel, board and lodging, etc. Given the current restrictions on international travel imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the award is promised to remain valid for the next five years, during which the winners can decide a suitable time for collaborative research through the consultation with FIO.
Due to the time limitation of the session of "Presentations by Trainees" on 17 December 2021, the organizing committee of the training course will select 6 to 8 abstracts from all the submitted ones to present in this session (the list of titles and speakers of selected presentations will be published on December 14th via this website), and meanwhile select the winners of the "Young Oceanographer Award", who shall be under the age of 35. The organizing committee will confirm with the winners via email (and the winners shall submit their curriculum vitae), and will announce the final list of winners on this website.
| Selected Presentations | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prolonged High Biomass Diatom Blooms Induced the Formation of Hypoxic-anoxic Zones in the Inner Part of Johor Strait | Monaliza Mohd-Din |
| 2 | Diversity of Symbiodiniaceae in Scleractinian Coral from East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia: Possible Sign of Post-bleaching Thermotolerance | Li Keat Lee |
| 3 | Assessment of Two-dimensional Coral Health Index (2D-CHI) as a Tool for Governing Sustainability of Marine Parks in Malaysia: A Preliminary Study in Pulau Perhentian Marine Park | Mohd Safuan Che Din |
| 4 | Barnacles as Bioindicators of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Coastal Ecosystem: A Malaysia Case Study | Margaret William Thomes |
| 5 | Effect of Marine Debris on Stranded Sea Turtles among Chumphon and Nakorn Sri Thammarat Coastal, January 2019 – December 2020 | Watchara Sakornwimon |
| 6 | Type and Quantity of Floating Marine Debris from River Mouths in the Upper Gulf of Thailand: Case Studies from the COVID-19 Situation | Patcharaporn Yaowasooth |
| 7 | Vulnerability Assessments and Adaptation to Climate Change and Extreme Events Along the Gulf of Guinea | Samuel Olumide Akande |