Kang Zhensheng
康振生
Born (1957-10-13) 13 October 1957
Anyue County, Sichuan, China
Alma materNorthwest A&F University
Scientific career
FieldsPhytopathology
InstitutionsCollege of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University
Academic advisorsLi Zhenqi

Kang Zhensheng (Chinese: 康振生; pinyin: Kāng Zhènshēng; born 13 October 1957) is a Chinese phytopathologist who is a professor at the College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University and director of State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Kang was born in Anyue County, Sichuan, on 13 October 1957.[4] In 1975, in the late Cultural Revolution, he became a sent-down youth in Shiquan County, Shaanxi. After resuming the college entrance examination, he studied, then taught, at what is now Northwest A&F University.[4]

He joined the Communist Party in October 1984. He was promoted to associate professor in April 1991 and to full professor in December 1994. He was honored as a Distinguished Young Scholar by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2001. In May 2004, he became dean of the College of Plant Protection, Northwest A & F University, a post he kept until December 2006. He was appointed as a "Chang Jiang Scholar" (or " Yangtze River Scholar") by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China in 2005.[4]

Honours and awards

  • 1999 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Third Class)[4]
  • 2010 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)[4]
  • 2012 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class)[4]
  • 27 November 2017 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)[5]

References

  1. ↑ Hongyan, Lu (26 June 2019). "China helps agricultural development in countries involved in BRI". China Daily. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. ↑ Zhihao, Zhang (5 April 2019). "Discovery may yield stronger crops". China Daily. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  3. ↑ Kaihao, Wang (31 August 2012). "Experts gather to discuss wheat disease". China Daily. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 康振生. cae.cn (in Chinese). 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  5. ↑ Ding Xiao (丁晓), ed. (27 November 2017). 中国工程院产生67位新当选院士，比尔·盖茨当选外籍院士. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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