Dr. Yonglong Lu
Xiamen University/Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Dr. Yonglong Lu (China), Chair Professor of Xiamen University, and Distinguished Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
Dr. Lu is an elected Fellow of TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences); a member of Academia Europaea (AE); UN 10-Member Group Technology Facilitation Mechanism; past President of Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE); President of Pacific Science Association (PSA); Member of International Resource Panel, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP/IRP); Science Advisor of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); former member of Committee on Scientific Planning and Review, International Council for Sciences (ICSU/CSPR); Vice President of Ecological Society of China; Chair of Committee on Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Chinese Society for Sustainable Development. He used to be Director General for CAS International Cooperation (2007-2012), and Deputy Director General for CAS Comprehensive Planning (2001-2007). He was an international review panelist for both Future Earth and UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
As an active sustainability and environmental ecologist, he has published 360 papers in peer reviewed journals such as Science, Nature, Science Advances, PNAS, Nature Comm., and authored or co-authored 17 books. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Ecosystem Health and Sustainability jointly appointed by the Ecological Societies of America and China, an Associate Editor of Science Advances, the founder and Associate Editor of Environmental Development, Associate Editor of Acta Ecologica Sinica, and other peer-reviewed journals.
He has obtained various awards and honors from the State Council of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences and other national or international organizations, including the 2nd Prize of National Award for Advancement of Science and Technology, 1st Prize in Science and Technology for Promoting Development by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2nd Prize and 3rd Prize for Advancement of Science and Technology by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Scientist, Green Design International Contribution Award, SCOPE Distinguished Achievement Award, and Scientific Chinese 2019 Outstanding Contribution Award.