Chen Xu (geologist)

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Chen Xu
陈旭
Born (1936-09-17) 17 September 1936 (age 86)
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Alma materChina University of Geosciences
Scientific career
Fields Paleontology
Stratigraphy
InstitutionsNanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese

Chen Xu (born 17 September 1936) is a Chinese geologist who is a researcher at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. [1]

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Biography

Chen was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, on 17 September 1936, while his ancestral home in Huzhou, Zhejiang. [2] After graduating from Beijing Institute of Geology (now China University of Geosciences) in 1959, he was despatched to the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, where he was promoted to associate research fellow in January 1983 and to research fellow in January 1988. [2] He was a visiting scholar at the University of Western Ontario from 1981 to 1983.

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References

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