Current Position

2022.08-  Assistant Professor, Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Field of Specialization

History of Earth Sciences, History of Science &Technology Diplomacy 

Educational Background

2019-22  Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. History of Science

2008-11  Institute of Crustal Dynamics, China Earthquake Administration, M.Sc. Solid Geophysics

2004-08  Central South University, B.Eng. Geological Engineering

Employment Record

2022-24  Postdoctoral Researcher Dept. of History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Peking University

2011-2019  Editor, Science Press

Selected Publications

Problem driving: The “landing” of the plate tectonics theory and the response from Chinese academia. Journal of Dialectics of Nature, 2022, 44(1): 49-56. (In Chinese)

“Leaving some wiggle room” and “pursuing cooperation”: China-US scientific and technological exchanges in earthquake from 1971 to 1979. Studies in the History of Natural Sciences, 2021, 40(1): 77-90. (In Chinese)

The History and Outcomes of the 30th International Geological Congress, Beijing (1996). Episodes, 2023, 46(2): 309-316.

The Qinghai-Tibet plateau: Pilot site for international collaboration in geoscience during China’s early period of reform and opening-up. Notes and Records: The Royal Society journal of the history of science, 2021, 75(1), 91-109.

Contact

Email: zhangjingfei@ihns.ac.cn

Address: Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 55 ZHONGGUANCUN East Road, Beijing, 100190