Birth Date and Place: November 14, 1936, China

Education

1953-1955     Beijing Institute of Russian Language

1955-1960     Moscow State University, Dept. of Geology

Professional Experience

1960-1972  Dept.of Geology, Dept.of Geography, The Normal University of East China, Shanghai.

1972-1981  Dept. of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai.  Assistant, then Associate Professor

1981-1982  Geologisch-Palaontologisches Institut, Universitat Kiel,  Germany, Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow

1986    School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University,   

Visiting Research Fellow

1982-   Dept.of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai, Professor

1982-1990  Department Head,

1993-2005  Director, Key Laboratory of Marine Geology

Outside Professional Activities

l Honorary Fellow, The Geological Society, London (1991-)

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2006-)

Geological Society of India (2006-)  

l Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1991-)

Third World Academy of Sciences (2001-)

Subcommission on Neogene Stratigraphy, IUGS

Scientific Committee, IMAGES (1996-2004)

l President, Chinese Committee on Ocean Research (1994-2002）

Vice-President, Scientific Committee on Ocean Research (SCOR), ICSU  (1994-1998)

Oceanological and Limnological Society of China

Chinese Association for Quaternary Researches

l Chairman, UNESCO/IOC Working Group on WESTPAC Paleogeography (1991-2001)

SCOR/IMAGES Working Group on Asian Monsoon Evolution (1998-2003)

l Vice-Chairman, PAGES Scientific Steering Committee (2004-)

ODP-and IODP-China Scientific Committee (1998- )

Department of Earth Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences（1997-2002）

l Member of Editorial Board

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (1992- )

Marine Geology (2001- )

Climate of the Past (2005-)

Marine Micropaleontology (2006-)

Episodes (1998-2002) etc.

Representative Works

Wang, P., et al., 1985. Marine Micropaleontology of China.  China Ocean Press & Springer-Verlag， 370p.

Wang, P., Wang, L., Bian, Y., Jian, Z., 1995. Late Quaternary paleoceanography of the South China Sea: Surface circulation and carbonate cycles. Marine Geology, 127：145-165.

Wang, P., Prell, W., Blum, P., et al., 2000. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Reports 184 [CD-ROM]. Available from: Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77845-9547, USA.

Wang, P., Tian, J., Cheng, X., et al., 2004. Major Pleistocene stages in a carbon perspective: The South China Sea record and its global comparison. Paleoceanography, 19, doi: 10.1029/2003PA000991

Wang, P., Clemens, S., Beaufort, L., et al., 2005. Evolution and variability of the Asian monsoon system: State of the art and outstanding issues. Quaternary Science Reviews, 24: 595-629.

Wang, P., 2009. Global monsoon in a geological perspective. Chinese Science Bulletin, 54(7): 1113-1136