Guofan Hong

Background

Hong, Guofan was born on December 24, 1939 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. Son of Xiangxin and Deyi (Chen) Hong.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Fudan U., Shanghai, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy Shanghai Institute Biochemistry, Chinese Academy Sciences, 1977.

Career

Research assistant, research associate, Shanghai Institute Biochemistry Chinese Academy Sciences, 1964-1978; professor, Shanghai Institute Biochemistry Chinese Academy Sciences, since 1983; postdoctoral fellow, Medical Research Council Laboratory Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England, 1979-1981; scientific staff, Medical Research Council Laboratory Molecular Biology, 1981-1983; chief scientist, Climbing Program National Key Project for Fundamental Research, China, since 1991; chief scientist, head, China's Rice Genome Program, since 1992. Director National Center for Gene Research Chinese Academy Sciences, since 1992. Vice president Chinese Bio-chemical Society, 1987-1990.

Member editorial board DNA Sequence and Mapping, Cambridge, since 1990. Fellow Rockefeller Foundation, since 1985. Lecturer Third WorldAcad.

Sciences (TWAS), 1997.

Achievements

• Guofan Hong has been listed as a noteworthy Biochemist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Shanghai Song Qingling Foundation, since 1988. Member United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Scientific Coordinating Committee for Human Genome Program (Paris), Third World Academy Sciences (Trieste, Italy), New York Academy Sciences.

• United Nations Educational Scientific Coordinating Committee for Human Genome Program (Paris)

• Third World Academy Scis. (Trieste, Italy)

• New York Academy Scis.

Interests

• Avocations: music, English literature.

Connections

Married Renying Zhu, August 1968. Children: Hong Yu, Hong Wei.