Jiang Zhongcheng
Work Experience:
1983-1985 Assistant, Hunan Normal University
1988-Present Institute of Karst Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (IKG)
Deputy Director, IKG
Director of Academic Committee, IKG
Senior (Second-level) Professor
Ph.D. Supervisor
Governing Board Member, International Research Center on Karst under the Auspices of UNESCO (IRCK)
Academic Committee Member, IRCK
Executive Governing Board Member of China National Sand Control and Desert Industry Society (CNSC)
Governing Board Member of Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences (CSES)
Chief scientist for the popularization of karst science, China Association for Science and Technology (CAST)
Expert Panel Member, key research & development project of the 13th five-year plan-Restoration and Protection of Typical Fragile Ecosystem
Director, Incubation Base for State Key Laboratory of Karst Dynamics
Academic Committee Member, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry
Director, Key Laboratory of Karst Ecosystem and Rocky Desertification, Ministry of Natural Resources
Chief Editor, Carsologica Sinica
Foreign Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Part-time professor and graduate supervisor, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Guangxi University, Guilin University of Technology, and Guangxi Teachers Education University
Leading scientist of the first group, Ministry of Land and Resources
One of Guilin’s top talents.
Major Achievements
With over 30 years of research on karst, he has achieved the following:
Member of 6 IGCP projects
Lead more than 40 projects at the state or provincial/ministerial level
Chief scientist of the 1nternational Big Scientific Project on the Resources and Environmental Effects of Global Karst Dynamic Systems
Leader of IGCP 661
Published 21 monographs and over 300 scientific papers, 70 of which accepted by SCI and EI journals.
Organized achievement of many industrial standards
More than 20 oral presentations made at international symposia
Organized 3 international symposia
Chaired 5 karst-themed seminars during the large-scale international congress (e.g. International Geological Congress)
Organized 3 international field investigations
Won 16 provincial/ministerial awards for scientific research results, of which 6were first prizes
