Recently, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) committee announced the evaluation results of the 2020 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Hong Kong & Macao) project. Among the 25 approved projects from Hong Kong and Macao was “Nuclear Decay and Planetary Physics” from Associate Prof. Ni Dongdong, State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Macau University of Science and Technology. The project was approved to receive a grant of up to 1.2 million for a three-year time period. This has been the first time that M.U.S.T. received grants from the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Hong Kong & Macao) of the NSFC. The historical breakthrough made in a project of such importance marks that the research standard of M.U.S.T. is approaching a new height.
Recently, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) committee announced the evaluation results of the 2020 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Hong Kong & Macao) project. Among the 25 approved projects from Hong Kong and Macao was “Nuclear Decay and Planetary Physics” from Associate Prof. Ni Dongdong, State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Macau University of Science and Technology. The project was approved to receive a grant of up to 1.2 million for a three-year time period. This has been the first time that M.U.S.T. received grants from the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Hong Kong & Macao) of the NSFC. The historical breakthrough made in a project of such importance marks that the research standard of M.U.S.T. is approaching a new height.
Associate Prof. Ni Dongdong
The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars project makes an important part of the talent funding system of the NSFC, and it was made open for application from the young scholars of eight universities from Hong Kong and Macao in 2019. The project provides support for young scholars, who have made outstanding achievements in basic research, to choose their own research areas independently and conduct innovative research, for the purposes of prompting fast growths of young science and technology talent forces and cultivate a number of outstanding academic scholars who have the prospect of joining the world’s leading science and technology frontiers. The approval of the grant to the University embodies the achievements of the University in its standards of basic research and cultivation of young scholars.
Associate Prof. Ni Dongdong joined Macau University of Science and Technology in July, 2015. He currently serves as Assistant Director of the State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences. His research interests lie in the internal structures and evolution of gas giants, nucleosynthesis in astro-environment, and radioactive nucleic decay. He’s published 61 SCI papers (44 of which as the first author) with an H-index of 22.
