Tang Xianchun

Position ：Dean of Geography and Tourism College, Professor of Physical Geography and Resource Environment department, Guangdong University of Finance and Economics.

Personal experience

1995.6 Full professor

1996.3 Started to enjoy the State Council Special Allowance

2012.7 Selected as the candidate of the second batch of Guangdong province higher learning institution’s "1000 engineering" provincial academic leaders

2012.7 Identified as the national secondary professor by the Guangdong Province Personnel Department and Office of Education

Teaching courses: Physical Geography, Geomorphology, Calamity Geomorphology, Natural resource, Natural Disasters Emergency Management, Planning and Design of Natural Disasters Prevention and Control Project, Introduction to Earth Science, Frontier topics of Natural Science

Research Field: Physical Geography, Geomorphology, Natural Disaster and Prevention, Natural Disasters Emergency Management

Since 1989, Professor Tang has undertaken two research projects and participated three research projects supported by the National Science Foundation of China, also, undertaken three provincial research projects. He has written five academic monographs and one teaching material, and about 86 articles have been published on many academic journals. Some of his research achievements are listed as follow:

Maps of China Debris Flow Distribution at the Scale of 1:6 000 000. The Third Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award by Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1993.

Ecological Environmental Protection of Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve. The Third Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award by Sichuan Province in 1997.

The Youth Science and Technology Prize of the second Soil and Water Conservation Society of China.

Social and Academic Employment

Previous positions included：

Professor and head of Geography Department, director of Natural Disasters and Prevention and Control Engineering Research Institution of Guangzhou Teacher's College (now Guangzhou University).

Assistant dean of Tourism and Environment and dean of Resource and Environment College of Guangdong Business College.

Vice-chairman of Guangdong Geography Association.

Vice-director of Education Institute of China Quaternary Science Research Association.

Member of China's Geographic Landform and Quaternary Committee.

Member of China’s Water Conservation committee and Debris Flow and Landslide Committee.

Member of Coastline Institute of China Quaternary Science Research Association.

Member of Tropical and Subtropical Environment Institute of China Quaternary Science Research Association.

Member of Gansu Province Debris Flow and Landslide Research Committee.

Member of Hubei Province LI Siguang Research Committee.

Current positions included：

Vice-chairman of Guangdong Geography Association.

Vice-director of Marine Institute of China Geography Association.

Vice-director of Marine and Coast Institute of China Quaternary Science Research Association.

Member of Mountain Land Institute of China Geography Association.

Member of Education Institute of China Nature Resources Association.

Member of Resources in Tropical and Subtropical District Institute of China Nature Resources Association.

Peer reviewer for Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Geographical Research, Journal of Mountain Science, Journal of Subtropical Resources and Environment and Journal of South China Normal University.