Chi Zhiqiang

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 Huangyan County, Zhejiang, Republic of China
Died	January 7, 2020(2020-01-07) (aged 95) Huadong Hospital, Shanghai, China
Alma mater	Zhejiang University
Scientific career
Fields	Pharmacology
Institutions	Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	池志強
Simplified Chinese	池志强
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chí Zhìqiáng

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chi.

Early life and education

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. He was the third of five children. He attended Huangyan Middle School and Zhejiang Provincial Taizhou High School. In 1943 he was accepted to Zhejiang University, where he graduated in 1949.

Career

After university, he was assigned to Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of Culture. He joined the Communist Party of China 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. In 1983 he was promoted to become deputy dean of Shanghai Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Death

On January 7, 2020, he died of an illnessCovid-19 at Huadong Hospital, in Shanghai.[2]

Contribution

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

Honours and awards

• 1991 State Natural Science Award (Second Class)
• 1997 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering

References

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.