Chen Jun (geographer)

Chen Jun (Chinese: 陈军; pinyin: Chén Jūn; born October 1956) is a Chinese geographer and formerly director and chief engineer of the National Geomatics Center of China (NGCC). He was president of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) between 2012 and 2016.[1] He served two separate terms as president of the China Association for Geographic Information Society (CAGIS) from 1999 to 2003 and 2003 to 2007. He is a member of the China Land Science Society (CLSS).

Chen Jun
BornOctober 1956 (age 63)
Huoqiu County, Anhui, China
Alma materWuhan University
Scientific career
FieldsSurveying
Cartography
InstitutionsNational Geomatics Center of China (NGCC)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳軍
Simplified Chinese陈军
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

Biography

Chen was born in Huoqiu County, Anhui, in October 1956. During the Down to the Countryside Movement, he taught at Daimao Middle School (戴帽中学). In September 1975 he joined the Anhui Provincial Department of Surveying and Mapping as a worker. In December 1976, Chen was recommended by the department to study at Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping (now Wuhan University), where he received his master's degree under the supervision of Wang Zhizhuo and Yang Kai (杨凯). He arrived in France in 1981 to begin his education at the Institut géographique national on government scholarship and returned to China one year later. He taught at his alma mater between 1983 and 1995, what he was promoted to associate professor in 1987 and to full professor in 1992. In December 1995 he was transferred to the National Geomatics Center of China (NGCC), where he successively served as deputy director (1995–1998), acting director (1998–2000), and director (2000–2014). He also served as chief engineer at the center.[2][3]

Honours and awards
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References
  1. Li Zhuocong (李卓聪) (22 November 2019). 自然资源部国家基础地理信息中心陈军当选中国工程院院士. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. 用执着和激情绘制测绘人生——记中国工程院院士陈军. Huaiyin District Surveying and Mapping Institute (in Chinese). 8 January 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. 校友陈军当选中国工程院院士 [Alumnus Chen Jun is elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering]. Wuhan University alumni (in Chinese). 22 November 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  4. 中国工程院2019年当选院士名单 [List of Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2019]. CAE (in Chinese). 22 November 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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