Group Leader
Yongguan (Y-G) Zhu, PhD (Imperial College, London)
Current position:
Director General
Institute of Urban Environment
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Contact details:
Institute of Urban Environment
ChineseAcademyof Sciences
1799 Jimei Road
Xiamen 36102
Tel : +86 592 6190997
Fax: +86 592 6190977
Email: ygzhu@iue.ac.cn
Education and Qualification
 | July 1989: BSc. in soil science and plant nutrition from Zhejiang (Agricultural) University, Hangzhou, P. R. China. |
| | July 1992: MSc in soils and environmental chemistry from the Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. R. China. |
| | June 1998: PhD in environmental science from the University of London (Imperial College), UK. |
| | June 1998: Diploma of Imperial College (DIC), UK. |
Current position and previous employment
| | Dec 2009-present:Director General, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences; |
| | October 2007-Dec 2009:Deputy Director General, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences; and from September 2007, Visiting professor, The University of Adelaide, Australia; |
| | January 2002-October 2007: Head, Department of Soil Environmental Science, Research Centre for Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (recruited through the "Outstanding Overseas Young Chinese" scheme); |
| | June 1998-December 2001: Research fellow, Department of Soil and Water, The University of Adelaide; |
| | March 1994-March 1995:Royal Society Research Fellow, Departments of Agricultural and Environmental Science, and Applied Plant Sciences, The Queen's University of Belfast, UK; |
| | May 1992-March 1994: Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Plant Nutrition and Molecular Biology, the Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences; |
Honours & Awards
| | January 1994, Royal Fellowship Award from The Royal Society, London; |
| | April 1998, Best presentation award and the postgraduate student of the year 1998 from the Institution of Nuclear Engineers, UK; |
| | October 2002, National outstanding young scientist award from the National Natural Science Foundation of China; |
| | September 2003, Achievement award from the state government of China for overseas returnees; |
| | July 2006, National Young Scientist Award, Chinese Association of Science & Technology (CAST); |
| | May 2007, "Top Ten Youth", Chinese Academy of Sciences; |
| | Dec 2008, Beijing Science and Technology Award; |
| | Dec 2009, National Natural Science Award, Chinese State Government; |
| | Jan 2011, Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); |
| | October 2012, Young Scientist Award (environmental science), SCOPE; |
| | Feb 2013, Special Allowance of the Chinese State Council for Distinguished Experts; |
| | March 2013, China National Leading Talents (equivalent to national chair professor); |
| | July 2013, ranked 89 worldwide in Essential Science Indicators (category: Environment/Ecology), ISI Web of Knowledge (accessed 3 July 2013); |
| | August 2013, Named "Outstanding Talent", Fujian province (elected every three years for the whole province), China; |
| | October 2013, TWAS (The World Academy of Science for the advancement of science in the developing countries) Prize in Agricultural Sciences; |