Prof. Wang Ji-yang
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: Oct.11, 1935
Place of Birth: Wujiang County,
Jiangsu Province
Address: Institute of Geology,
Academia Sinica,
PO Box 9825, Beijing 100029, China
Tel: 010-62008061(O) , 010-62010846(O) 010-62027036(H)
E-mail: jywlpx@public3.bta.net.cn
Wang Ji-yang, Professor and Head at the Laboratory for Geothermics, Institute of Geology, Academia Sinica, was born on 11 October 1935 in Wujiang County, Jiangsu Province. He graduated from the Department of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, Beijing Geological Institute in 1956. Afterwards, he completed postgraduate studies and gained a Candidate to Doctor (PhD equivalent) of Mineralogy and Geology at the Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute, USSR in 1962.
Since October 1962, he worked as Research Assistant (Lecturer or Assistant Professor equivalent) until 1978, Research Associate (Associate Professor equivalent) till 1985, and Research Scientist (Professor equivalent) to now. From 1979 to 1981, he spent two years in the United States first at the Department of Geological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, as a Visiting Professor and afterwards at Geothermal Project, US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, as, a Senior Research Fellow. He was on the Board of Directors at the International Geothermal Association (IGA) for the first term (1989-1992).
Now, he is a Member of International Heat Flow Commission (IHFC) since 1981, Standing Member of Geothermal Committee, China Engergy Research Society, Council Member of Chinese Geophysical Society and the Member of Energy Research Committee, Academia Sinica. He engaged in both pure-science and application-oriented Geothermics for more than 20 years and high achievements were reached. In the 1970's, he carried out excellent work in mining areas to predict the temperature conditions in deep galleries and shafts which is necessary for ventilation design. Based on numerous investigations in mining areas in China, he proposed a Classification on Mining Type, according to temperature conditions and geothermal background, for the first time both at home and abroad. Furthermore, he suggested the geology-engineering approach to protect the so-called 'Geothermal Hazards' in mining areas. In 1980's on the basis of research work in the North China Basin and Panxi Paleorift Zone, SW China, he suggested the principal and approaches of study on geothermics of lithosphere in the large-scale oil-gas basin and identified the first Heat Flow Province in China. In addition, based on the case history in Zhangzhou Geothermal Field, Fujian Province, SE China, he worked out a method of comprehensive study on genesis analysis for low-medium temperature geothermal systems. Since 1990's, his interest has been concentrated in both geothermics of lithosphere for the whole region of the continental area of China and paleogethermal studies in oil-gas fields.
To date, over 80 papers have been published in
famous scientific journals both at home and abroad. The representative works are:
Geothermal Studies in China, 1981, J of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 9:57-76;
Thermal Structure of The Crust and Upper Mantel of the Liahohe Basin, North China, 1988,
Tectonophysics, 145:292-304; Linear Relationship Between Heat Flow and Heat Production in
Panxi Paleorift Zone, SW China, 1987, Geophysical Res Lett, 14(3) 272-274; Mantle Heat
Flow in North China Basin, 1987, Chinese Science Bulletin, 32 (24): 1697-1702; Statistical
Analysis of Continental Heat Flow Data from China, 1989, Chinese Science Bulletin, 34
(7):582-587. Edited by Wang Ji-yang, a new monograph entitled 'Low-Medium Temperature
Geothermal System of Convective Type' has recently been published in 1993 (Science Press,
Beijing, pp.240). Another monograph 'Geothermal Resources in China - Distributive
Characteristics and Potential Evaluation' will be published in early 1995, by the Science
Press, Beijing. Co-authored with his colleagues, Monographs "Geothermics of North
China' and 'An Introduction to Mining Geothermics' were published by Science Press and
Coal Industry Publishing House, 1988 and 1981. 1st Prize for Development of Science and
Technology was awarded by the Ministry of Coal Industry, 1983, for the latter monograph
and for the first monograph; 1st Prize for Natural Sciences was awarded by Acadmia Sinica
in 1989 to Professor Wang for his outstanding scientific achievements.