Zhao Qiguo

Zhao Qiguo (25 February 1930 – 3 January 2023) was a Chinese soil scientist.

Zhao Qiguo
Born(1930-02-25)25 February 1930
Wuhan, China
Died3 January 2023(2023-01-03) (aged 92)
Nanjing, China
NationalityChinese
Occupationpedologist

Zhao studied at the Department of Agronomy at the Wuhan University in 1949, and later moved to Huazhong Agricultural University due to the changement of the department where he graduated in 1953. He was an elected member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991. He was a member of the Academic Division of Earth Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences from 1991. He worked as a researcher at the Institute of Soil Science. He became the director of the Nanjing Soil Research Institute and the chairman of Soil Science Society of China.[1][2]

Qiguo died in Nanjing on 3 January 2023, at the age of 92.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "我国著名土壤学家、中国科学院院士赵其国逝世". baijiahao.baidu.com (in 中文). 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. "中国科学院学部与院士·院士信息·地学部·赵其国". sourcedb.cas.cn (in Nederlands). 28 March 2012. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2023.