An Zhisheng, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

An Zhisheng

Chinese geographer (born 1941)

Date of Birth: 25-Feb-1941

Place of Birth: Zhijiang Dong Autonomous County, Hunan, China

Profession: politician

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

An Zhisheng (Chinese: ???; pinyin: An Zhisheng; born 25 February 1941) is a Chinese geographer and politician who specializes in quaternary geology, air particle pollution control, and global change.
He is internationally known for his studies on Chinese loess and its implication for paleo-climate and paleo-environment changes.
He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), and Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences.
He is a researcher and doctoral supervisor of the Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
He is a member of the Communist Party of China.
He is an editor of Quaternary Science Reviews.
He served as the Vice Chairman of International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) from 1999 to 2007, and the Vice Chair of International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) steering committee from 2003 to 2006.