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Biography

Shen Yunfen, female, Han nationality, is a native of Shanghai. She was born in 1933, attended Nanjing University, and obtained a vice doctor's degree from the USSR Animal Research Institute. Shen has been engaged in the study of ecological toxicology. Her research is characterized by the innovative integration of protozoology classification and ecology, so as to better conform to the development requirements of the national economy. In the past 40 years, she has carried out systemic research on protozoa's grouping areas and families, investigated the regional and family distributions in 22 provinces and areas, authenticated almost 2000 species and 35 new species, and compiled over 10 books. Her book entitled "Protozoa of Tibet Plateau" has been praised by her foreign colleagues as a classic in the field.

Shen has conducted protozoa research of different temperature belts and soils across the country and acquired the formation features of each species and the seasonal alteration laws. She has conducted innovative research on the ecology of the protozoa. She has also explained the growth laws of the floating eqizoa and bed mud protozoa and the 30-year change of the protozoa's structures and functions during the eutrophication process of the Donghu Lake of Wuchang. She developed the national standard known as "Water Quality - Monitor of the Micropopulation - PFU Method" at the junction of the classification and the ecology, which is the first standard of the world and has been praised by counterparts in the USA, the ROK, the UK and Germany.

Shen Yunfen is considered one of the world leaders in her field. She has published over 100 dissertations and 6 books, and she has been awarded with 5 research achievement awards. Shen Yunfen was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Science in 1955.