发展中国家科学院网站对7名科学家的简介
FANG, Rongxiang (China). b.19-1-1946. Director, State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics/Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Fang has elucidated the molecular mechanism of antigenic drift of influenza strains by the sequencing and comparison of the viral hemagglutinin genes; analyzed the cis-elements of the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter and augmented the promoter activity by multiplication of the enhancer sequence; and developed virus-resistant transgenic tobacco plants which were planted over 60,000 ha in the early 1990s. He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the winner of the Second Class (thrice) and First Class I (twice) Awards of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the HLHL Foundation Prize.
Elected as Fellow.
ZHANG, Ya-Ping (China). b.1-5-1965. Ph.D., Professor and Vice-Director, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Yunnan, China. A highly cited (>1000) author, Zhang has been working on the phylogenetic and biogeographical patterns of fauna biodiversity and has the biggest animal DNA bank in Asia. He has established the population history and genetic structure of the giant panda, Sichuan langur, slow loris and argali. He is an elected member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the winner of the Bay and Paul Foundation's Biodiversity Leadership Award for 2002.
Elected as Fellow.
CHEN, Sai-Juan (China). b.21-5-1951., Ph. D., Professor, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. Chen has made seminal contributions to the understanding of the molecular mechanisms in leukemogenesis. Her studies not only provided biomakers for diagnosis and prognosis, but also led to a concept of molecular targeting therapy, making APL the first curable AML by combination treatment with all-trans retinoic acid and arsenic trioxide. She has won the HLHL Foundation Science & Technology Progress Award, the Qiu Shi Scholar Award, and the Outstanding Young Scientist Award of China, among others.
Elected as Fellow.
CHE, Chi-Ming (China). b.7-9-1957. Ph.D., Hui-Wai Haan Chair of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Che has conducted pioneering research in virtually every area of inorganic chemistry. His most notable contributions have been: (1) phosphorescent metal-organic complexes; (2) reactive metal-ligand multiple bonded complexes; and (3) inorganic medicines. He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and has won the National Natural Science Prize of China, the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies Foundation Lectureship Award, and the National Outstanding Young Scholar Award.
Elected as Fellow.
HUANG, Baiyun (China). b.24-11-1945. Ph.D., Vice Chairman of the China Association of Science & Technology, President of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China. Huang has done pioneering work in powder metallurgy, in the development of high performance friction materials including carbon-carbon and metal-matrix composites, and advanced materials based on Ti-Al intermetallics. He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and has won the National Technology Invention Award of China and the National Science & Technology Advancement Award of China.
Elected as Fellow.
ZHU, Jing (China). b.10-10-1938. Dean, School of Material Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Zhu is a material scientist and a pioneer in analytical electron microscopy in China. Her research focuses on the relationship between structure and properties in solids. She has developed steels with ultrahigh strength/toughness. She is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the winner of the National Natural Science and Science and Technology Progress Prizes, the Academy's Science and Technology Progress Prize, the HLHL Prize, and China's Metallurgical Industry Ministry's Prize 5 times.
Elected as Fellow.
XU, Zhiqin (China). b.14-8-1941. Ph.D., Professor, Key Laboratory for Continental Dynamics of MLR, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China. Xu has made excellent contributions to understanding the tectonics of China, the deformation mechanisms for rocks of various levels, and the processes and mechanisms for the formation of large-scale collisional orogenic belts/plateaux such as the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, the Qilian-Altun-Kunlun orogenic belts and the Sulu- Dabie ultra-high pressure (UHP) metamorphic belt. A member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, she has won China's Distinguished Young Scientist Prize, the Li Siguang Earth Science Medal, and also the HLHL Prize of Hong Kong.
Elected as Fellow.