| Xue Yuqun | |
|---|---|
| 薛禹群 | |
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| Born | (1931-11-02)2 November 1931 Wuxi, Jiangsu, China |
| Died | June 29, 2021(2021-06-29) (aged 89) Shanghai, China |
| Alma mater | Southwest Jiaotong University Jilin University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Hydrogeology |
| Institutions | Nanjing University |
Xue Yuqun (Chinese: 薛禹群; pinyin: Xuē Yǔqún; 2 November 1931 – 29 June 2021) was a Chinese hydrogeologist. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Biography
Xue was born into a wealthy and highly educated family in the town of Yuqi, Wuxi, Jiangsu, on 2 November 1931. His uncle Xue Mingjian [zh] was a politician. His uncle Sun Yefang was an economist. His elder female cousin Xue Yugu [zh] is a microbiologist. His younger male cousin Xue Yusheng [zh] is a physicist and member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He secondary studied at Private Wuxi High School (now Wuxi No.3 High School). In 1949, he was accepted to Tangshan Institute of Technology (now Southwest Jiaotong University). After graduating in 1952, he joined Nanjing University as an assistant. In 1955, he entered Changchun Institute of Geology (now Jilin University), studying geology with the tutor of Moscow Institute of Geological Exploration. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Arizona between 1982 and 1984. He was promoted to associate professor in 1986. He died of illness in Shanghai, on 29 June 2021, aged 89.
Honours and awards
- 1999 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
References
- ^ 中国著名水文地质学家薛禹群院士逝世，享年90岁 [Academician Xue Yuqun, a famous Chinese Hydrogeologist, dies at the age of 90]. sina (in Chinese). 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- Lu Min (陆敏) (28 November 2010). 中国科学院院士、水文地质学家薛禹群———潜流无声辟新径 [Xue Yuqun, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a hydrogeologist]. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- Ma Minglong (马铭隆) (29 June 2021). 中国著名水文地质学家薛禹群院士逝世！曾称科研不能靠想象 [Academician Xue Yuqun, a famous Chinese hydrogeologist, is dead! He once said that scientific research cannot rely on imagination]. qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 June 2021.