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ZHANG Qiang

Zhang Qiang



Grant holder Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Dr. Qiang Zhang

Born: July, 1974
Stay in Giessen: 2005/06
Sponsor: Grant holder Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Research interest:
  • Paleo-climatic reconstruction based on proxy indicators
  • Natural hazards in historical periods based on historical documents;
    Hydrological statistic analysis
  • Dynamic processes in fluvial systems (sediment transportation and discharge)
  • Dynamic changes of river channel of the Yangtze River.
    Risk Management
Educational and academic merits:
  • Postdoctoral research:
    July, 2003 - March, 2005: Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
    Thesis: Fluvial geomorphology and floods in the middle Yangtze Catchment (directed by Prof. Yafeng Shi, academician)
  • Ph.D:
    September, 2000 - July, 2003: Department of Urban & Resources Sciences, Nanjing University
    Thesis: Possible influences of abrupt climatic changes on rise and fall of human civilization during the Holocene epoch in the Yangtze Delta, China (directed by Prof. Dr. Cheng Zhu)
  • Master:
    September, 1998 - July, 2000: Department of Urban & Resources Sciences, Nanjing University (Preliminary stage for Ph.D thesis).
  • Bachelor:
    September, 1994 - July, 1998: Qufu Normal University, Shandong, China
    Thesis: Historical climatic changes in the Huanghe Delta region, China (directed by Prof. Yuqi Wang)
Awards and honor:
  • May, 2005 - April, 2006: Scholarship from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
  • October, 2003 - March, 2005: Award from Wong, K.C. Postdoctoral Education Foundation, Hong Kong, China.
  • 2002: Award from Communication Stake-Controlling Committee, Jiangsu Province, China
  • 2001: Award from Guanghua, Taiwan, China
Projects:
  • 2003 - 2004: Postdoctoral Foundation of China: Climatic changes and flood hazards during the Holocene epoch in the Yangtze Delta, China
  • 2004-2005: Abrupt climatic changes and its influences on intensity and frequency of floods during past 7000aBP in the Yangtze Delta, China
  • 2003-2005: Historical floods research (during past 1000 years) supported by the Project of Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy Sciences.
  • 2003-2005: Natural Science Foundation of China: Temporal and spatial pattern of flood/drought in the plains of middle and lower Yangtze Catchment during past 1000 years.

 

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