Chen Xu (geologist)
Chen Xu | |||||||
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陈旭 | |||||||
| Born | 17 September 1936 | ||||||
| Alma mater | China University of Geosciences | ||||||
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| Fields | Paleontology Stratigraphy | ||||||
| Institutions | Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 陈旭 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 陳旭 | ||||||
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Chen Xu (born 17 September 1936) is a Chinese geologist who is a researcher at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[1]
Biography
[edit]Chen was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, on 17 September 1936, while his ancestral home in Huzhou, Zhejiang.[2] After graduating from Beijing Institute of Geology (now China University of Geosciences) in 1959, he was despatched to the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, where he was promoted to associate research fellow in January 1983 and to research fellow in January 1988.[2] He was a visiting scholar at the University of Western Ontario from 1981 to 1983.
Honours and awards
[edit]- 2003 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2008 State Natural Science Award (Second Class) for studying on Cambrian and Ordovician global stratotype sections and points (Golden nails) and chronostratigraphic Division[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Huang Huixian (黄慧仙); Li Shichao (李世超); He Dongjian (何冬健) (28 August 2020). 中国科学院院士、中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所研究员陈旭：建议在湖州建一所综合性大学. zjol.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ a b 陈旭院士. nigpas.cas.cn (in Chinese). 30 July 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ 陈旭. ckcest.cn (in Chinese). 20 December 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2022.