Professor C.S. Kiang has served as Chairman of the Peking University

Peking University

Peking University , colloquially known in Chinese as Beida , is a major research university located in Beijing, China, and a member of the C9 League. It is the first established modern national university of China. It was founded as Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a replacement of the...

 Environment Fund and the Founding Dean of the College of Environmental Sciences at Peking University between 2002 and 2006. His vision is to set up the basic infrastructure for the development of leadership in sustainable development

Sustainable development

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, exploring the world impact of what China

China

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 can do for the world in the 21st century.

Trained in Physics

Physics

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 at National Taiwan University

National Taiwan University

National Taiwan University is a national co-educational university located in Taipei, Republic of China . In Taiwan, it is colloquially known as "Táidà" . Its main campus is set upon 1,086,167 square meters in Taipei's Da'an District. In addition, the university has 6 other campuses in Taiwan,...

 and Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Institute of Technology

The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...

, after fours year at the National Center for Atmospheric Research

National Center for Atmospheric Research

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, Dr. Kiang returned to Georgia Tech in 1978 to develop the Atmospheric Sciences program within the School of Geophysical Sciences and then served as Director of the School from 1981 to 1988. He is founding Director of the Southern Oxidant Study (1988-present), a strategic alliance of government agencies, national laboratories, academic institutes and private industries to study the air quality of the southern region of the US.

He has served as member of the National Academy of Sciences

United States National Academy of Sciences

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' Panel for the Study of Global Climate Change

Climate change

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 in China, and member of the National Academy of Sciences of Review of US Air Quality Management, Chairman of the International Conference on Global and Regional Environmental Atmospheric Chemistry in Beijing, and member of the Steering Committee of the Global Water Partnership

Global Water Partnership

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, member of the Advisory Board of the newly established Environmental Research Letters.

Currently, he is the CEO of Sustainable Development Technologies and Vice Chairman of Global Urban Development. He is a Councillor of the World Future Council

World Future Council

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, a member of Advisory Board of the Climate Change Capital, a member of International Council of Asia Society

Asia Society

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 and a member of the Global Agenda Council of Climate Change of the World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum

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 and an advisor of the Global Elders

Global Elders

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and other various roles in Non-profit Partners Entrepreneurships and consultation service for private corporations.