Chi Zhiqiang

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Chi Zhiqiang
Born(1924-11-16)November 16, 1924
DiedJanuary 7, 2020(2020-01-07) (aged 95)
Alma materZhejiang University
Scientific career
FieldsPharmacology
InstitutionsShanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese

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 Huangyan County, Zhejiang, 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 passed away at Huadong Hospital, in Shanghai.[2]

Contributions[]

In the early 1950s, schistosomiasis was widespread in the Yangtze River Basin, he participated in the study of schistosomiasis eradication.[citation needed]

Honours and awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ “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.
  2. ^ 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.
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