Brief CV of ZHU Yongguan (ZHU Yong-Guan)

ZHU Dr Yongguan (Yong-Guan), Professor of biogeochemistry and environmental soil science, is an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Professor Zhu obtained his PhD in environmental biology from Imperial College, London in 1998. He is currently the Director for Education/Internationalization of the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Professor Zhu is a leader in taking multi-scale and multi-disciplinary approaches to soil and environmental problems, such as arsenic biogeochemistry and antimicrobial resistance. Dr Zhu obtained his PhD in environmental biology from Imperial College, London in 1998. Dr Zhu is currently the co-editor-in-chief of Environment International (Elsevier), and editorial members for a few other international journals. He is a scientific committee member for the ISC (International Science Council) program on Human Health and Wellbeing in Changing Urban Environment, and served for nine years as a member of Standing Advisory Group for Nuclear Application, International Atomic Energy Agency (2004-2012). Professor Zhu is the recipient of many merit awards, among them including TWAS Science Award for Agricultural Science 2013, National Natural Science Award 2009. Professor Zhu has published over 400 papers in international journals (such as Science, Nature, PNAS, Nature Microbiology, Nature Plants), with over 23,000 citations and H-index of 80 in Web of Science. He was selected as a Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher (2016-2019).