Tan Jiazhen
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Tan Jiazhen | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Tán Jiāzhēn |
Wade–Giles | T'an Chia-chen |
Tan Jiazhen (15 September 1909 – 1 November 2008),
Biography
Tan was born in
After Tan returned to China, he became a professor at the Department of Biology of Zhejiang University in Hangzhou. In 1952, Tan was transferred to Fudan University in Shanghai. Tan founded the first department of genetics in China at Fudan University.
"As part of the Morgan group in the 1930s, Tan helped make Drosophila pseudoobscura the leading species for evolutionary studies and did pioneering work in insect genetics. In spite of interruptions by Lysenkoism and by the Cultural Revolution, Tan was still scientifically active in China."
Tan died on 1 November 2008 of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome at the age of 99 in Shanghai.
Main academic positions
- At Fudan University:
- Founding Chair of the Department of Genetics, Fudan University
- Director of the Research Institute of Genetics, Fudan University
- Head of the School of Life Sciences, Fudan University
- Vice-president of Fudan University
- Vice-president, President, Honorary-president of the Chinese Society for Genetics
- Editor-in-chief, Acta Genetica Sinica
- President, Chinese Society for Biotechnology
- Board Director, Chinese Environmental Mutagen Society
- Member of the Board, The 8th International Congress of Genetics, 1948, Sweden
- Vice-president, 15th International Congress of Genetics, 1983, India
- Vice-president, 16th International Congress of Genetics, 1988, Canada
- Vice-president, 17th International Congress of Genetics, 1993, UK
- President, 18th International Congress of Genetics, 1998, China
Political positions
- Honorary president, China Democratic League
Honors and awards
- Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences, elected 1980
- Member, The Third World Academy of Sciences, elected 1985
- Foreign member, United States National Academy of Sciences, elected 1985
- Foreign member, Accademia dei Quaranta, elected 1987
- Honorary member, The New York Academy of Sciences, elected 1999
- CaltechDistinguished Alumni Award
- Honorary Citizenship, California, United States
- Honorary doctorate from the York University, Canada, 1984
- Honorary doctorate from the University of Maryland, College Park, USA, 1985
- 3542 Tanjiazhenis named after him
References
- ^ "Chinese geneticist Tan Jiazhen dies at 100". Shanghai Daily. 2008-11-01. Retrieved 2008-11-01.