CURRICULUM VITAE: RUI LI

 

NAME

 

LI, Rui

DATE OF BIRTH

 

7.9.1946

NATIONALITY

 

Chinese

PERSONAL   ADDRESS

Institute of Soil and Water Conservation (ISWC), CAS and MWR

No 26, Xinong Road, YangLing, Shaanxi 712100, P.R. of China

TELEPHONE NO.

Office: 86-29-87012411

Home: 86-29-87018123

FAX NO.

86-29-87012210

E-MAIL ADDRESS

lirui@ms.iswc.ac.cn; liruicas@hotmail.com

EDUCATION

 

1965—1970:

  Botany (Geo-vegetation )

Department of Biology, Lanzhou University, China

 

1982-1983:

General Geography

Department of Geography, Northwest University, China

OTHER TRAINING

 

1976 Training course of Remote sensing application for soil investigation in Beijing

1981    Computer training course in Xi’an

1982    English training course in Xi’an Branch of CAS

1984-1986, Remote sensing application for soil erosion, CSIRO, Australia.

LANGUAGE

 

Chinese (mother-language) and English (second language)

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Director, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation (ISWC), CAS and Ministry of Water Resources (MWR);

Director, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry

Vice director, Sino-US joint center of Soil and Water conservation and environment protection

Member of Resources and Environment Data Committee of CAS

Vice-president, World Association of Soil and Water Conservation;

Vice-chairman, Chinese Society of Soil and Water Conservation;

 

 

 

EMPLOYMENT RECORD

 

From/To

Employer

Position Held and Description of duties

2002 -present

 

IISWC,

CAS and MWR

Director

In charge of scientific research, project management and institute development strategy

 

 

2003-05, Leading Project Scientist Regional impacts of soil and water conservation on environment in the Loess Plateau ( funded by CAS)

 

 

 

2003-05, Leading Project Scientist Water erosion modelling research (funded by CAS)

 

 

 

2003-05, Deputy Project Leader Experiment and demonstration research on ecological environmental rehabilitation of Loess Plateau (funded by CAS)

 

 

 

2003-05 Project Leader Demonstration of root-control technology of seedlings (funded by National Committee of Development and Reformation)

 

 

 

2003-05, Team Leader Environmental monitoring of gas transport engineering from West to East China (funded by Central Government)

 

 

 

2002-04, Project Leader Regional impacts of re-vegetation on Water resources (funded by ACIAR, Australia)

 

2000 -2001

 

Bureau of Resources and Environment, CAS

Director of Western Action Plan Office

In charge of coordination of Action Plan designing, implementation and management, with particular focus on Experimental and Demonstration Areas for ecological environmental rehabilitation in Xinjiang, Gangsu, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia.

 

 

 

1997-2001, Project Leader and Coordinator Regional assessment of water and soil resources for sustainable agriculture (funded by ACIAR, Australia)

 

 

 

1998-2001, Project Coordinator Soil erosion modelling and planning on the Loess Plateau (funded by EU)

 

 

 

2001-02, Project Co-leader Conversion of Farmland to Forest and Grassland in Ansai County, Shaanxi Province  (funded by CCICED)

 

1995 - 99

 

ISWC, CAS and MWR

Deputy Director

In charge of scientific research, project management and institute development strategy.

 

 

1995-97, Project Leader and Director of PMO Regional experiment and demonstration of ecological environment rehabilitation. As the director of project management office, established 11 experimental and demonstration small watersheds distributed in Shanxi, Shaanxi , Ningxia, Inner Mogolia and Gangsu (funded by CAS).

 

 

 

1995-1997, Project Leader New-technology of soil erosion rapid investigation (funded by CAS)

 

1986-1994

ISWC, CAS and MWR

Research Fellow

 

 

 

 

1989—96, Director Running international training course on soil land water Conservation and dryland farming once a year. Students came from various developing countries. I gave lectures on Remote sensing Application and Land Resource Classification and Evaluation (funded by Ministry of Science and Technology)

 

 

 

1991-95, Project Leader Multi-level monitoring information system of remote sensing for the Loess Plateau (funded by Ministry of  Science and Technique)

 

 

 

1991-95, Project Leader Regional Management Information System for Sustainable Agriculture of the Loess Plateau.( funded by Ministry of  Science and Technique)

 

 

 

1991-95, Leading Scientist Ecological Research Network Information System. (funded by CAS) 

 

 

 

1991-95, Leading Scientist Soil and water conservation management information system of China (funded by MWR)

 

 

 

1992 (three month), Consultant to ADB TA Monitoring information system of ecological environment in the contiguous region of Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Inner Mongolia, with specific responsibility on the components of soil resource distribution, erosion evaluation and prediction.

 

 

 

1986-90, Project Leader Monitoring of soil conservation of the Loess Plateau using remote sensing.  Set up soil conservation information system for small watershed. Set up land resources management information system (funded by CAS and MWR)

 

1984-1986

Australia CSIRO

Visiting Scientist

In Division of Land and Water, CSIRO, worked on image processing; and sediment investigation using remote sensing.

 

1980-1984

 

ISWC, CAS and MWR

 

Associate Researcher

 

 

 

1980-84, Key Researcher Soil Resources Investigation and Mapping of Guyuan County of Ningxia, responsible for the components of landform, land use and land capability classification (funded by CAS and Local government)

 

 

 

1980-84,  Key Researcher Monitoring and evaluation of land-use change for small watershed (funded by CAS)

 

 

 

1980-84, Key Researcher Survey and mapping of land resources and capability of Shaanxi Province (funded by Central Government.)

 

1970—1979

 

ISWC, CAS and MWR

 

Assistant Researcher

 

 

 

1975-79, Key Researcher Survey and Evaluation of Land resources in Ansai County of Shaanxi Province (funded by CAS and local government)

 

 

 

1975-79, Key Researcher Survey and Evaluation of Land resources in Luochuan County of Shaanxi Province (funded by CAS).

 

 

1975-79, Key Researcher Survey and Evaluation of Land resources in Xinzihe River of Shaanxi Province (funded by CAS).

 

 

 

1970-74, Researcher Land use planning of small watershed on Loess Plateau (funded by local government)

 

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