Qiaosheng ZHUANG

Educations

• Jan. 1935to Feb. 1939, Department of Agronomy, University of Nanking, B.Sc.

Working Experience

• 1983-1995, also served as Coordinator of China National Wheat Improvement Program (part time job), jointly appointed by the Ministry of Agriculture and State Commission of Science and Technology
• Jan. 1991 to present, Research Professor and Senior Advisor, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
• July 1957 to Dec. 1990: Research Professor and Leader of Wheat Breeding Program, Institute of Crop Breeding and Cultivation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
• June 1952 to March 1954, served as team member of Tibetan agricultural survey, responsible for establishment of Tibet Agricultural Research Station and farm crop variety testing program,Tibet
• Feb. 1949 to July 1957, Research Professor and Director of Wheat Breeding Program, North China Agricultural Research Institute.
• Oct. 1946 to Jan. 1949, Senior agronomist and Director of Wheat Breeding Program, Peking Experiment Station, National Agricultural Research Bureau
• July 1945 to June 1946, Trainee and special student, Kansas State College and Cornell University, respectively, under the Lend Lease Act
• Oct.1944 to Oct.1946, Agronomist, National Agricultural Research Bureau, stationed in Chongqing and Nanking
• January 1943 to March 1944, Agronomist and Director of Experiment Station, Hubei Provincial Agricultural Improvement Institute
• August 1940 to Dec. 1942, Teaching Assistant, responsible for cytogenetics course and relevant research, University of Nanking
• March 1939 to July 1940, Assistant Agronomist, responsible for national wheat trials, Guizhou Experiment Station, National Agricultural Research Bureau

Research Interests

• Wheat Breeding

Academic Qualifications

• Board Member, Selection Committee of Chen Jia-geng Foundation, 1999-2000
• Vice Chairman, Academic Committee of Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, 1995-2000
• Honorary President, Crop Science Society of China, 1994-present
• Member, Committee of Science and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, 1991-1995
• Vice Editor-in-Chief, Chinese Science Bulletin, 1988-1996
• Vice Editor-in-Chief, Science inChina, 1988-1996
• President, Crop Science Society ofChina, 1988-1994
• Member, Standing Committee,ChinaAssociation for Science and Technology, 1987-1992
• Head of Consultancy Group for Wheat Production, Beijing Municipal Government, 1986-1997
• Chairman for Agriculture Section, Beijing Municipal Selection Committee for Award in Progress in Science and Technology, 1985-1995
• Board Member, The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), 1984-1987
• Head of Wheat Section, National Variety Registration Committee, 1981-1990
• Member, Evaluation Committee for Scientific Invention Awards (Agriculture Section), State Commission of Science and Technology, 1981-1983

Selected Publications (*corresponding authors)