Zhang Fusuo


Zhang Fusuo is a Chinese plant nutritionist who is a professor at China Agricultural University and director of Resource Environment and Food Security Research Center, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Biography

Zhang was born in Fengxiang County, Shaanxi, on 4 October 1960.
In September 1978, he attended Northwest Agricultural College, graduating in 1982 with a bachelor's degree. He went on to receive his master's degree from Beijing Agricultural University in 1985. He arrived in Germany in February 1986 to begin his education at the University of Hohenheim, earning a doctor's degree under the supervision of Professor Hurst Maschner in October 1989. He carried out postdoctoral research at China Agricultural University in January 1990.
He was appointed associate professor of China Agricultural University in December 1991, becoming full professor in December 1993 and dean of School of Resources and Environment in January 1997. He was honored as a Distinguished Young Scholar by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 1994. He was appointed as a "Chang Jiang Scholar" by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China in 2001. In December 2012, he became director of Resource Environment and Food Security Research Center.

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