Ding Zhongli
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Professor Ding Zhongli is a renowned geologist in China and current vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Chinese Academy of Sciences , formerly known as Academia Sinica, is the national academy for the natural sciences of the People's Republic of China. It is an institution of the State Council of China. It is headquartered in Beijing, with institutes all over the People's Republic of China...

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Introduction

Ding was born in Shengzhou
Shengzhou
Shengzhou is a county-level city in central Zhejiang inland south of the Hangzhou Bay, and is the south-eastern part of the prefecture-level city of Shaoxing...

, Zhejiang Province on Jan 14, 1957. 1982, he received his B.Sc of geochemistry from Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University , sometimes referred to as Zheda, is a national university in China. Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China's oldest institutions of higher education...

. 1988, obtained PhD from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science.

Ding's research mainly focuses on the Neogene eolian sediments and ancient climate. He is the current Director-general
Director-general
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of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science. He's also the vice-president of the Chinese Society for Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry.

Dec 2005, Ding was elected to be an academician of the Chinese Academy of Science. Jan 2008, he was pointed to be the vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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