Jiankang K. Liu

Background

Liu, Jiankang K. was born on September 1, 1917 in Wujiang County, Jiangsu, China. Son of Zhen-Qi and Shu-Liu (Tao) Liu.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Soochow U., Suzhou City, China, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1947.

Career

Research assistant, Institute Zoology, Academia Sinica, Beibei, Chongqing., China, 1939-1941; research associate, Institute Zoology, Academia Sinica, Beibei, Chongqing., China, 1942-1944; associate scientist, Institute Zoology, Academia Sinica, Beibei, Chongqing., China, 1945; associate researcher, Laboratory Experimental Cell Research, Woods Hole, 1947-1948; senior scientist, Institute Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy Sciences, Shanghai, 1950-1954; senior scientist, Institute Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy Sciences, Wuhan, since 1954; deputy director, Institute Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy Sciences, Wuhan, 1979-1982; director, Institute Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy Sciences, Wuhan, 1983-1986; honorary director emeritus, Institute Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy Sciences, Wuhan, since 1987.

Achievements

• Jiankang K. Liu has been listed as a notable Freshwater biologist, research scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice-chairman Hubei Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Wuhan, 1993-1997. Member Chinese Academy Sciences (academician. Medal 1989), Chinese Society Oceanology and Limnology (vice president 1979-1996, honorary president since 1997), Chinese Ichthyological Society (honorary president since 1989), Hubei Association Science and Technology (honorary president since 1991), New York Academy Sciences.

Connections

Married Yun-Mei Wu, May 26, 1990 (deceased);children: Jun, Di-Xin, Xianping, Xinxing.

Father:

Zhen-Qi Liu

Mother:

Shu-Liu (Tao) Liu

Spouse:

Yun-Mei Wu

child:

Jun Liu

child:

Xianping Liu

child:

Xinxing Liu

child:

Di-Xin Liu