JIN Zhangdong Vice Director Name: JIN Zhangdong Position: Professor in Environmental Geochemistry Director of State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences Highest Education: Doctor Professional Experiences: 2007.4-Present, Professor, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS) 2008.9-2009.9 Research Professor, National Cheng-Kung University 2006.1-2007.3 Research Fellow, Department of Earth Sciences,University of Cambridge(UK) 2001.9-2005.12 Assistant professor,Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology,CAS 1999.8-2001.9 Post doctor, Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology,CAS Research Interests: Chemical weathering, erosion, and mass cycle of basin catchments and its responses to Asian monsoon climate and tectonic activity.