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Su Yinquan

Sourse:   Date:2015-06-11

Professor Su Yinquan

Prof. Su Yinquan, male, was born in Baishui County, Shaanxi Province on January 14th, 1954, is the professor and master supervisor of Silviculture and Wildlife Conservation and Utilization. He received his B.Sc. of Forestry Science from Department of Forestry, Northwest A&F University (NAFU) (formerly Northwestern Agricultural College) in January 1976. In the duration of 1982 to 1984, he studied abroad in a Japanese university, Iwate University, and gained a postgraduate certificate. In 1993, he gained National Excellent Teacher certificate issued jointly by National Labor & Personnel Department and State Education Administration. In 1997, he became the guest professor in Japanese university and he was awarded Shaanxi Exemplary Worker by the Shaanxi Provincial Department, in 1998, Middle-aged Prominent Specialist by the former National Forestry Department.
After graduation, he has been engaged in teaching and research work. He has acted as an Assistant, a Lecturer, an Associate Professor and a Professor as well as a Tutor of Masters in NAFU (formerly Northwest Forestry College). The positions he has held in the college include Director of Foreign Affairs Department, Director of Forestry Department, President of College of Resources Science and President of Forestry College of NAFU, Director of Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration and a member of the Academic Committee of NAFU, Deputy Director of Shaanxi Forestry Association, a member of 5th and 6th People’s Delegates Assembly of Yangling District.
Prof. Su is serving as the Director of Key Laboratory of Shaanxi economical plant resources development and utilization, Director of Chinese-Japanese Eucommia Research Institute, Member of China Energy Society and Member of Japan Eucommia Research Association, etc.
 

Academic Interests
Prof. Su’s studying ranges widely, focusing mainly on drought-resistant physiological mechanism of trees, plant anotomy, extraction and separation technology of plant components, agroforestry and social forestry, etc. His current research involves development and utilization of plant resources, mainly around the renewable energy-related development and utilization of biomass energy resources, and cooperating with the Japan NEDO institution, the Ministy of Environment(CDM project) and Japan Eucommia Research Association about research projects, such as the low-carbon environment and comprehensive utilization of plants resources.
 

Courses Offered
Courses Offered: the main courses have been taught for undergraduates are Seedling, Silviculture, Introduction of Forestry and for postgraduates are Senior Silviculture, Agroforestry, Methods for Forest cultivation Research, Wildlife Conservation and Utilization, Forestry Project Management.
Guiding students: supervise 46 post-graduates, of which 11 current students; 17 masters of agricultural extension (MAE), of which 1 current student. co-supervise 4 Ph.D candidates, 3 current students.
 

Academic Achievement
Prof. Su has ever completed 63 thesises, of which 9 were embodied in SCI, 2 were embodied in EI, 8 were published in foreign journals, compiled 5 textbooks and co-authored or translated 11 books (one of which coauthored with the foreign experts).
Prof. Su has been responsible for 11 scientific programs, including a State Scientific and Technological Commission Scientific and Technological Project, a State Forestry Administration “948” Project, 6 International Cooperating Projects, a Shaanxi Sci-tech Promotion Project for Poverty Alleviation, 2 Key scientific research projects of Shaanxi provincial Forestry Department, etc. Prof. Su is currently leading 4 projects. He has applied 6 national patents (the first inventor), including one patent has been authorized by Chinese National Patent Office and has obtained 8 provincial first to third-class scientific research achievement awards.
He devoted himself to enriching the poor district and poor people from 1989 to 1996, which is appreciated highly by the society. His meritorious deeds have been reported on Ankang Daily, Shaanxi Daily, China’s Forestry Paper and People's Daily. He has been awarded Exemplary Individual of Teaching and cultivating by the university for many times.In the years of 1997 and 2005, Prof. Su initiated and was responsible for organizing the 1st and 2nd, respectively, International Academic Symposium on Eucommia, which contributed to laying a promising foundation for the industrialization development of Eucammia in China. He visited Japan, Thailand and Malaysia for eighteen times. In 1998, CCTV-7 Rural New World made Eucommia ulmoides album. In 2000, he was named the forestry adviser of Shaanxi Shangluo science and technology set by CCTV. In June, 2010, the TV program, Prof.Yinquan Su and Leaf-oriented Tree Model of Eucommia Ulmoides, was reported by Sci-tech china Column on China Network Television.
 

Contacts
Address
: College of Forestry,
Northwest A & F University,
Taicheng 3 Road,
Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P. R. China
Fax/Phone: +86-29- 8708-2009 Mobile: +86-13759979990
E-mail: syq@nwsuaf.edu.cn
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