PERSONAL DETAILS 

Name: Guishan Yang 

Position: Professor, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

Postal Address: 73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China 

Telephone: +86-25-86882003 (office) 

E-mail: gsyang@niglas.ac.cn 

Education 

1997, Ph.D. Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy Sciences 

1993, M.A. Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy Sciences 

1987, B.A. Geography, the Department of Geography (now the School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences), Nanjing University, China 

Employment 

1987 to Now, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy Sciences 

1999 to 2000, Netherlands, visiting scholar 

Oct 2003 to Dec. 2003, Germany, visiting scholar 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE 

Professor Guishan Yang’s major research interests include resource utilization, ecological environment effect and wetland evolution and ecological protection. 

AWARDS 

The National First Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation 

The Seventh National Youth Award for Geography and Technology 

The Leading Talents of Science and Technology for the New Century of Jiangsu Province (333 Project, Level 2) 

AFFILIATIONS AND FELLOWSHIP 

Dec 2014-, Vice-Chairman, The Geographical Society of China 

Nov 2005-, Director, The Yangtze Branch of The Geographical Society of China 

Nov 2013-, Chairman, The Geographical Society of Jiangsu Province 

Aug 2013-, Executive Director, China Society of Natural Resources 

EDITORIAL BOARD 

2010-, Committee member of editorial board, Journal of Resources and Ecology 

2009-, Associate editor, SCIENTIA GEOGRAPHICA SINICA 

2004-, Committee member of editorial board, RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE YANGTZE BASIN 

2009-, Committee member of editorial board, Journal of Lake Sciences 

2009-, Committee member of editorial board, Advances in Earth Science 

2001-, Committee member of editorial board, RESOURCES SCIENCES 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 

Yang, G.S., Zhu, C.Q., Jiang, Z.G., 2011. The Yangtze River Protection and Development Report. Changjiang Press, Wuhan. 

Yang, G.S., Ma, C.D., Chang, S.Y., 2009 The Yangtze River Protection and Development Report. Changjiang Press, Wuhan. 

Yang, G.S., Weng, L.D., Li, L.F., 2007 The Yangtze River Protection and Development Report. Changjiang Press, Wuhan.