Professor Zong Qiugang elected editor-in-chief of Journal of Geophysical Research–Space Physics
Mar 23, 2020
Peking University, March 23, 2020: Professor Zong Qiugang from School of Earth and Space Sciences (SESS), Peking University, was recently elected as editor-in-chief of Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR)—Space Physics for four years (2020-2024). JGR, established in 1896, is a flagship journal of American Geophysical Union. It has 7 subsidiary serials, each covering a different field, including space physics, solid geophysics, and atmospheric science. Every year, about 3,000 top-class papers are published in JGR, which is ranked among the top academic journals owing to its high quality, wide coverage and large quantity of papers.
The cover page of JGR—Space Physics
Professor Zong Qiugang received his Ph.D. degree from Max Planck Institute and Brunswick Technical University in Germany in 1999. Later he worked for Waseda University, Japan and Boston university, USA. For almost a decade, Zong and his team have been conducting research on ULF waves and the interaction of charged particles in the magnetosphere. He also leads his team to make a series of breakthroughs in ULF waves’ excitation mechanism, time evolution, spatial distribution, and its resonance theory of interaction with electrons and ions. His work has systematically advanced the academics’ understanding of magnetospheric particle dynamics.
Zong has published more than 300 SCI papers in leading academic journals of space physics at home and abroad, like JGR, GRL, and Nature Communication. European Space Agency (ESA) once said that he “blazed a trail for understanding the acceleration mechanism of high-energy particles in the earth’s radiation belt.”
Written by: Liu Zhenwei
Edited by: Ma Yaoli
Source: PKU News (Chinese)
