Ma Jin (geologist)
Ma Jin (
structural geologist. She was a senior research fellow at the Institute of Geology of the China Earthquake Administration, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
.
Biography
Ma was born on 27 November 1934 in
After returning to China in 1962, she worked as an assistant researcher at the Institute of Geology of CAS. In 1978, she was transferred to the Institute of Geology of the China Earthquake Administration and promoted to associate research fellow. She became senior research fellow in 1981, and later served as Director of the institute's academic committee. She was a visiting scholar at the United States Geological Survey in 1983.[3]
Ma made significant contributions in
monographs, and won more than 10 national and ministerial awards.[1] She was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1997.[1][3]
Ma died in Beijing on 12 August 2018, at the age of 83.[1][4]