CHEN Zuyu (陈祖煜), Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, is an expert of civil engineer in water resources and hydropower and has been working on the theories and numerical analysis of slop stability for long years.

    - (1943) Born in Chongqing, China
    - (1966) Graduating from Water Conservancy Department, Tsinghua University
    - (1979) Studying with Prof. Morgenstern in Alberta University, Canada as one of the first Chinese visiting scholars
    - (1981) Returning to China and starting working in IWHR
    - (2005) Elected Chinese Academician of Sciences

Awards

    - Second Grade, National Science and Technology Progress Award
    - Third Grade, National Science and Technology Progress Award
    - 2 First Grade prizes, Science and Technology Progress Award, Ministry of Electricity
    - Second Grade, Science and Technology Progress Award, Ministry of Water Resources
    - Second Grade, Yunnan Province Science and Technology Progress Award
    - Mao Yisheng Prize on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

Positions

    - Member, Scientific and Technological Committee, Ministry of Water Resources
    - Member, China Civil Engineering Society
    - President, Chinese Institution of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, China Civil Engineering Society
    - Vice President, Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering

Publications

    - 7 books (1 monograph, 3 co-authored, and 3 co-edited)
    - 120+ papers