Compiled from the following sources:
Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 5/26/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2006
Wang Pinxian 汪品先
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Birthplace: Jiangsu Province, Suzhou City
Biography Highlight
Wang Pinxian, male, Han nationality, is a native of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. He graduated from the Geology Department of Moscow University in 1960. Wang spent two years, from 1981 to 1982, conducting research at Kiel University in Germany and won a Humboldt Scholarship award. He is considered an expert on marine geology.Recent Career Data
| Chairman, Chinese Ocean Research Committee | ||
| Vice-Chairman, International Ocean Research Committee | ||
| Honorary Member, London Geology Society | ||
| 1991— | Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences | |
| 1981 | (Awarded, Humboldt Scholarship) | |
| 1981—1982 | Student, University of Kiel Germany, Kiel | |
| 1960 | Graduate, Moscow University, Geology Department Russia, Moscow |
