President of CUG: Zhao Pengda　　

　　Professor Zhao Pengda, male, is of Man nationality. He was born in Qingyuan County of Liaoning province on May 25, 1931.He is a mathematical geoscientist and educationist in geosciences, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, an academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Science and the Academy of Science of the International Higher Learning Institution. He graduated in 1952 from the Geological Department of Peking University; and then in 1958 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration where he was awarded his doctoral diploma. He has long been engaged in scientific and teaching research both in Mineral Exploration and Mathematical Geology. He is now President of China University of Geosciences, Present of China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Honorary President of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), member of Committee of Academic Degree of the State Council, convener of the Discipline Evaluation Group of Mineral Exploration, Mineralogy, Oil, Vice Director of both Mineral Exploration Association and Mathematical Geology Association of the Geological Society of China, member of the Academic Degree Committee of Hubei Province, vote member of International Quantitative Stratum Association, member of editorial board of both Nonrenewable Resources and Computers and Geosciences, and the official journals of the International Association for Mathematical Geology (IAMG).He is also the chief editor of the journal of China University of Geosciences -- Earth Sciences. He was once an Asian representative of International Association for Geostatistics, and a special member of IAMG.
　　He established the theory and method on Statistical Prediction of Mineral Deposits in 1980s and systematically elucidated the mathematical characteristics of geological bodies. Since the beginning of 1990s he has been devoting himself to the study on the Geoanomaly Theory for Prediction of Mineral Resources and Geological Hazards, the application of Nonlinear Science, and "3S" techniques in Mineral Resources as well as the associated assessments of mineral resources from the viewpoint of geology, economics, technology and environment. All this has achieved great success. At the same time he has trained a large number of highly qualified younger geoscientists. "The Research into Ore-forming Regularity of Iron and Copper Deposits in Ningwu Basin", and "The Statistical Prediction of Iron and Copper Deposits in Ningwu Basin" that he has undertaken as an important role won the third prize of Natinal Nature Science. "The Research into the Prognostic Methods of the Total Amount of Mineral Resources of 1:200000 Sheet" and "The Research into the Prediction of Copper, Nickel and Gold Deposits in the Kelatongke Metallogenic Belt, the North Xinjiang Autonomous Region" won the second prize of science and technology achievements awarded by the former Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources. The book entitled The Statistic Analyses on Mineral Exploration written by him together with his students won the second prize of science and technology progress awarded by the former State Education Commission. The textbook The Statistical Prediction of Mineral Deposits compiled by him and his colleagues won the second prize of excellent teaching materials awarded by the former Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources. He and his research group applied the theory and method of geoanomaly to mineral exploration and found two mettallogenic zones of copper and nickel sulfide in the North Mountain, the north Xinjiang Autonomous Region; they also located a mineralized zone of gold in the eastern Zhunger, Xinjiang Autonomous Region. He has published over 70 academic theses in the domestic and international magazines, over 30 theses on education, six monographs and over 10 research reports on geosciences. His representative works include The Statistical Analyses in Mineral Exploration, The Statistical Prediction of Mineral Deposits, Exploration and Evaluation of Mineral Deposits, On Mathematical Characteristics of Geological Bodies, A Preliminary View on Geological Anomaly, Theories, Principles, and Methods for the Statistical Prediction of Mineral Deposits, The Geological Anomaly and Mineral Prediction, The Theories and Practices of Higher Education in Geosciences, etc.
　　As President of Wuhan College of Geology (the predecessor of China University of Geosciences) and President of china University of Geosciences, professor Zhao Pengda has been working for transforming the college with the single discipline of geology into a comprehensive university which includes basic sciences (mathematics, physics, chemistry and foreign language etc.), geosciences (geology, natural resources, environment, disasters, geological engineering and technology), and the humanities and management sciences etc.; and for making it finally become a modern, opening, international, world-famous university. He has also made outstanding contributions to aspects such as construction of key subjects, reform of internal management system, international academic exchange, implementation of "211" Project of the university and so forth.
　　As a result of his outstanding contributions to many fields, he was elected an advanced worker of Beijing City in 1960, and a representative of the Seventh National People's Congress in 1988, a member of the ninth Chinese People's Political Consultative Committee in 1998. He became an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1993, and became an academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Science and and academician of the Academy of Science of the International Institutions of Higher Learning in 1996. He won the highest award given by IAMG -- The Krumbein Medal in 1990, becoming the first Asian winner obtaining this award。