About

Former Directors

 

WANG Jiaji (Chia-Chi Wang, 王家楫), 1898-1976 
CAS Member; Pioneer of protozoology and rotiferology in China. He worked at IHB since 1930 and served as director of IHB during 1934 and 1976. 
 

Native of Fengxian District, Shanghai.  

Jul 1917- Jun 1921, studied at the Agriculture Department of Nanjing Higher Normal School and received his B.Ag.  

Jan 1925- Jun 1928, postgraduate student at the Department of Zoology at University of Pennsylvania and received his Ph.D. 

Jun 1923- Nov 1924, Research Assistant at the Institute of Biology, Science Society of China in Nanjing.  

Jan 1925- Jun 1927, visiting scholar at Westchester Institute of Biology in the United States. 

Sept 1928- Jun 1929, Sterling Researcher at the Department of Zoology, Yale University. 

Jul 1927- Jul 1934, professor at the Institute of Biology, Science Society of China in Nanjing; professor at the Department of Biology of National Central University.  

Jul 1934- May 1944, served as Director and Researcher at the Institute of Botany and Zoology of Academia Sinica.  

May 1944- May 1949, served as Director and Researcher at the Institute of Zoology of Academia Sinica. 

1950-1959, served as Director and Researcher at Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 

1959-1961, served as Vice President of Wuhan Branch, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Director of Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 

1961-1976, served as Vice President of Zhongnan Branch, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Director of Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 

In 1955, elected as a member of Chinese Academy of Sciences.