Chi Zhiqiang (Chinese: 池志强; 16 November 1924 – 7 January 2020) was a Chinese pharmacologist and researcher at Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Chi Zhiqiang
Born(1924-11-16)November 16, 1924
DiedJanuary 7, 2020(2020-01-07) (aged 95)
Alma materZhejiang University
Scientific career
FieldsPharmacology
InstitutionsShanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChí Zhìqiáng

Early life and education

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Chi was born in Huangyan County, Zhejiang, Republic of China (1912-1949), on November 16, 1924, to Chi Yun (池云), a surveying and mapping technician.[citation needed] He was the third of five children. He attended Huangyan Middle School and Zhejiang Provincial Taizhou High School.[citation needed] In 1943 he was accepted to Zhejiang University, where he graduated in 1949.[citation needed]

Career

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After university, he was assigned to Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of Culture. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in January 1949.[1] In July 1953 he joined the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, becoming its deputy director in 1978.[citation needed] In 1983 he was promoted to become deputy dean of Shanghai Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[citation needed]

Death

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On January 7, 2020, he died at Huadong Hospital, in Shanghai.[2]

Contributions

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In the early 1950s, schistosomiasis was widespread in the Yangtze River Basin, he participated in the study of schistosomiasis eradication.[citation needed]

Honors and awards

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References

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  1. ^ “科技界的重大损失”,95岁著名神经药理学家、院士池志强逝世. Sohu (in Chinese). 8 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. ^ Zheng Yapeng (郑亚鹏) (7 January 2020). 中国工程院院士池志强在上海逝世 享年95岁. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 January 2020.