Biography of Zong Qiang Mao, Institute Nuclear Energy Tech. Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China

Zong Qiang Mao

Prof. Dr. Zong Qiang MAO, male, born on 10 September 1947, Professor of Tsinghua University, a native of P.R.China, graduated from Tsinghua University ( in 1970, 1980), University of Bradford (UK, in 1994), with degrees in Chemical Engineering (B.Sc.1970), Applied Chemistry (MSc. 1980) and Chemical Engineering (Ph.D.1993).

Prof. Dr. Z.Q.Mao¡¦ professional area is in hydrogen energy, including hydrogen energy practices and hydrogen stratagem research.

In 1970, he joined Institute of Nuclear Energy Technology (INET), Tsinghua University. In early 1994, he engaged in Fuel Cells research and development and became the Director of Graduate Studies in Chemical Engineering. He served as Director of the Lab of Chemical Engineering, 1995-present. In 1997, as visiting professor he was in Karlsruhe Research Center (Germany) for R&D of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells.

Prof. Dr. Z.Q.Mao has published more than 50 scientific reports and papers and several Patents, and has edited the Proceedings of 13th World Hydrogen Energy Conference (June 11-16, 2000, Beijing) as the Editor-in-Chief and has been the recipient of several national awards, as followings:
1. Gold Medal, Institute of Nuclear Energy Technology, 2000
2. Special Awards by The International Association for Hydrogen Energy, 2000 ( for holding 13 WHEC)
3. Gold Medal, Tsinghua University, 1988
4. Special Award by National Ministry of Nuclear Industry in 1995
5. Special Award by National Committee of Science and Technology in August ,1986

Prof. Dr. Z.Q.Mao successfully hold 13th World Hydrogen Energy Conference (WHEC13) on 12-15 June 2000 in Beijing, and published both hard copy and electric copy of proceedings of WHEC13 in two volumes, total 1385 pages.

He has been an invited consultant on PEMFC vehicles to Ministry of Science & Technology (MOST). Prof. Mao and his colleagues have prepared a project concerned with demo of Fuel Cell Buses in China to GEF/UNDP.

At present Prof. Dr. Z.Q.Mao is also a Chief Scientist for National key Fundamental Project ¡§Fundamental research for hydrogen production, storage and transportation in large scale and relative fuel cells¡¦. (Project No. G2000026400, period: 2000-2005, total budget is about 40 million RMB). There are 18 institutes and universities from China in this project, and Director (China side) of ¡§Italy-China Hydrogen Energy Cooperation project¡¨.

In December, 1999 Prof. Dr. Z.Q.Mao has been elected to Chairman in the China Association for Hydrogen Energy (CAHE) and the Director of Hydrogen Energy - Electric Power Transformer committee of the China Society of Electric Engineering. Prof. Dr. Z.Q.Mao was elected as Director of International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE) on 16 December 2000.

Prof. Dr. Z.Q.Mao is doing his best to push the hydrogen energy forward in China.

Z.Q.Mao¡¦ Address:

Prof. Dr. Zong Qiang MAO
Institute of Nuclear Energy Technology (INET)
Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 P.R.China
Fax: 86-10-62771150
E-mail: maozq@tsinghua.edu.cn