In the morning of July 21, 2023, Ms. Qi Feng successfully passed her PhD thesis defence. The title of her thesis is “Transport of Microplastics in Shore Substrates: Roles of Polymer Characteristics and Environmental Processes”. Her profound knowledge and excellent presentation helped her win a good evaluation from the external examiner, Dr. Miriam Diamond, and other examining committee members (Drs. Xia Li, Catherine Mulligan, S. Samuel Li, Zhi Chen, and Chunjiang An).