Chen Ziyuan (; born 7 September 1924 in

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) is a Chinese

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and nuclear physicist. He is the main founding father of China's nuclear agriculture.

Biography

Chen, a native of Yin County (present-day Yinzhou,

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) of

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, studied at Daxia University in Shanghai. After graduation, he taught at Daxia, which became part of

East China Normal University East China Normal University (ECNU) is a comprehensive public research university in Shanghai, China. It was formed in 1951 by the merger of the Great China University (est. 1924) and Kwang Hua University (est. 1925) and originated from the St. ...

in 1952. In 1953, Chen became an associate professor of

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(previous and current

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). In 1958, Chen founded the first laboratory in China to study agricultural science by

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techniques, especially the

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. From 1979 to 1989, Chen was the vice-president and then

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of the Zhejiang Agricultural University. Currently, Chen is a professor at Zhejiang University College of Agriculture and Biotechnology. Chen was head of the Zhejiang University Institute of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences (浙江大学原子核农业科学研究所) and was head of the State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences of the

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. He was the

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of the Chinese Society of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences (中国原子能农学会).陈子元院士 (Academician Chen Zi-Yuan)
Chen was a Vice-president of the Zhejiang Association of Science and Technology (浙江省科学技术协会). Chen was elected to Academician of the

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); ), known by Academia Sinica in English until the 1980s, is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It has historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republi ...

in 1991.

References

External links

China Vitae : Biography of Chen Ziyuan

Chen Ziyuan's introduction from HuDong.com
* Zhejiang News/Zhejiang Online
Profile of Chen Ziyuan
* ''Biography of Chen Ziyuan''; . {{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Ziyuan 1924 births Living people Agriculturalists Chinese nuclear physicists East China Normal University faculty Educators from Shanghai Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Physicists from Shanghai Zhejiang University faculty