09.02.2013 Views

Archives of Peking University News - PKU English - 北京大学

Archives of Peking University News - PKU English - 北京大学

Archives of Peking University News - PKU English - 北京大学

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>. Fang Jingyun elected TWAS<br />

Academician <strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2008--12—01<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=228109881<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Dec. 1, 2008: At the 19th General Meeting and 25th Anniversary<br />

Celebration <strong>of</strong> The Third World Academy <strong>of</strong> Sciences (TWAS) which was held in<br />

Mexico City during the period 10-13 November 2008, Fang Jingyun, pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />

College <strong>of</strong> Urban and Environmental Sciences <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> was honored<br />

with TWAS membership. This year, 41 scientists from 12 countries and regions were<br />

newly elected as academician <strong>of</strong> TWAS, among which 15 are Chinese.<br />

Fang Jingyun, born in July, 1959 in Anhui Province, is a Cheung Kong Scholar<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> and was elected as academician <strong>of</strong> the Chinese<br />

Academy <strong>of</strong> Sciences (CAS) in 2005. He has published 210 pieces <strong>of</strong> academic<br />

papers, with a focus on fields <strong>of</strong> global change ecology, vegetation ecology<br />

and bio-diversity. Over 80 <strong>of</strong> his papers were included by SCI, five in Science,<br />

Nature and PNAS. He has also received many awards, such as 1st National Science<br />

Foundation for Excellent Young Investigators (1994), Top 10 Progresses <strong>of</strong> Science<br />

and Technology <strong>of</strong> Higher Education in China (2001), First Prize for Natural Science<br />

Research Granted by National Ministry <strong>of</strong> Education (2003), Second Prize <strong>of</strong><br />

National Natural Science Award (2004), Cheung Kong Achievement Award (2006),<br />

Ho Leung Ho Lee Science and Technology Achievement Award (2007).<br />

TWAS is an autonomous international organization, founded in Trieste, Italy in 1983<br />

by a distinguished group <strong>of</strong> scientists from the South under the leadership <strong>of</strong> the late<br />

Nobel laureate Abdus Salam <strong>of</strong> Pakistan. The academy has been committed to<br />

promoting basic and applied research in the developing world.<br />

Edited By : Wang Yi<br />

Translated By : Wang Yi<br />

Source : <strong>PKU</strong> <strong>News</strong> (Chinese)<br />

Related Topic :<br />

Related <strong>News</strong> :<br />

Related Feedback :<br />

209

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!