Ding Zhongli

Professor Ding Zhongli , is a renowned geologist in China and current vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Science.

Introduction

Ding was born in Shengzhou, Zhejiang Province on Jan 14^th 1957. 1982, he received his B.Sc of geochemistry from Zhejiang University. 1988, obtained PhD from the ''Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science''.

Ding's research mainly focuses on the Fourth Glacier and ancient climate. He is the current chief director of the ''Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science'' . He's also the vice-president of the ''Chinese Society for Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry'' .

Dec 2005, Ding was elected to be an academician of the Chinese Academy of Science. Jan 2007, he was pointed to be the vice-president of the the Chinese Academy of Science .