Chi Zhiqiang
Chi Zhiqiang | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 16, 1924 |
| Died | January 7, 2020 (aged 95) Huadong Hospital, Shanghai, China |
| Alma mater | Zhejiang University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pharmacology |
| Institutions | Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Chinese name | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Chí Zhìqiáng |
Chi Zhiqiang (Chinese: 池志强; 16 November 1924 – 7 January 2020) was a Chinese pharmacologist and researcher at Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Early life and education
Chi was born in
Republic of China (1912-1949), on November 16, 1924, to Chi Yun (池云), a surveying and mapping technician.[citation needed] He was the third of five children. He attended Huangyan Middle School and Zhejiang Provincial Taizhou High School.[citation needed] In 1943 he was accepted to Zhejiang University, where he graduated in 1949.[citation needed
]
Career
After university, he was assigned to Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of Culture. He joined the
Communist Party of China in January 1949.[1] In July 1953 he joined the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, becoming its deputy director in 1978.[citation needed] In 1983 he was promoted to become deputy dean of Shanghai Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[citation needed
]
Death
On January 7, 2020, he died at Huadong Hospital, in Shanghai.[2]
Contributions
In the early 1950s,
Yangtze River Basin, he participated in the study of schistosomiasis eradication.[citation needed
]
Honours and awards
- 1991 State Natural Science Award (Second Class)[citation needed]
- 1997 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering[citation needed]
References
- ^ “科技界的重大损失”，95岁著名神经药理学家、院士池志强逝世. Sohu (in Chinese). 8 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ Zheng Yapeng (郑亚鹏) (7 January 2020). 中国工程院院士池志强在上海逝世 享年95岁. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 January 2020.