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Professor Sun, Min 孫敏
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Professional Qualifications
Biography
Professor Min Sun obtained his B Sc degree from Peking University in 1982 and then he worked in Canada for his M Sc and Ph D degrees (both from UBC) and PDF research (Saskatchewan). He came to HKU in 1994 as an assistant professor and became a full professor in 2006.
Professor Min Sun teaches courses in Physical Geology, Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry. At HKU, he worked on geochemical projects on North China Craton, South China Craton, and paleo-climate reconstruction using coral proxy. Now he is mainly working on the Central Asian Orogenic Belt.
Honours, Awards & Prizes
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| 2001-12-01 | Outstanding Young Researcher Award (2001), HKU
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| 1999-08-01 | Outstanding Young Researcher, NSF China, 1999
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| 2018-12-01 | Natural Science Award (First Class): Ministry of Education, China
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| 2015-12-01 | State Natural Science Award (2nd Class; First Awardee): State Council of P.R.China
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| 2018-06-01 | Geologic and Geochronologic analysis of fossil-bearing amber from Myanmar: RGC General Research Fund
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Professional Societies
Term Period | Position | Professional Societies |
06/2009 - present | Coucil Member | Guangdong Association of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry |
05/1997 - present | Fellow | Geological Association of Canada |
04/1997 - present | Committee Member | Geological Society of Hong Kong |
08/2000 - present | Executive Committee Member | World Chinese Geological Union |
06/1986 - present | Member | American Geophysical Union |
04/2009 - present | Coucil Member | Chinese Association of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry |
09/1995 - present | Committe Member | Subcommittee of mantle study, CAMPG |