Li Deren (; born 31 December 1939) is a Chinese scientist who is a professor at

Wuhan University Wuhan University (WHU; 武汉大学) is a key comprehensive public university in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is directly affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Education of China. The un ...

, a former president of Wuhan University of Surveying and Mapping Technology, and member of the

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS; ) is the national academy for natural sciences and the highest consultancy for science and technology of the People's Republic of China. It is the world's largest research organization, with 106 research i ...

and the

Chinese Academy of Engineering The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE, ) is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China. The CAE and the Chinese Academy of Sciences a ...

Biography

Li was born in Tai County,

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

, on 31 December 1939, while his

ancestral home An ancestral home is the place of origin of one's extended family, particularly the home owned and preserved by the same family for several generations. The term can refer to an individual house or estate, or to a broader geographic area such as a ...

Dantu District Dantu District () is one of three District of China, districts of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, China. A development called Dantu New City was constructed in the district and was underoccupied since around 2005 and criticized as a Underoccupied deve ...

Zhenjiang Zhenjiang, alternately romanized as Chinkiang, is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, China. It lies on the southern bank of the Yangtze River near its intersection with the Grand Canal. It is opposite Yangzhou (to its north) and ...

. His younger brother is an academician of the

. His younger cousin brother

Li Dequn Li Dequn (; 7 August 1945 – 5 September 2022) was a Chinese material scientist who was a professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Biography Li was born in Tai Count ...

is also an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He attended Taizhou High School. In 1957, he entered the Department of Aeronautical Surveying, Wuhan Institute of Surveying and Mapping (now

). After graduation in 1963, Li was dispatched to the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping and reassigned to the Shijiazhuang Cement Products Factory in January 1971. In October 1975, he became an engineer at Hebei Provincial Bureau of Surveying and Mapping. After resuming the college entrance examination 1978, Li did his postgraduate work at Wuhan Institute of Surveying and Mapping. He pursued further studies in Federal Germany, first studying at the

University of Bonn The University of Bonn, officially the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (), is a public research university in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the () on 18 October 1818 by Frederick Willi ...

in 1982 and then earning a doctor's degree degree from the

University of Stuttgart The University of Stuttgart () is a research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany with programs in civil, mechanical, ind ...

under the supervision of Friedrich (Fritz) Ackermann in 1985. Li returned to China in 1985 and continued to teach at Wuhan Institute of Surveying and Mapping. He was promoted to full professor in October 1986. He moved up the ranks to become president in February 1997, a position in which he remained until July 2000. He was recruited as dean of the School of Environment and Spatial informatics,

China University of Mining and Technology The China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT; ) is a public university located in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and co-sponsored with the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government and the Ministry ...

in February 2012 and professor of the School of Engineering,

Peking University Peking University (PKU) is a Public university, public Types of universities and colleges in China#By designated academic emphasis, university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of the Peop ...

in April 2013, respectively.

Family

Li's father named Li Yueru () and his mother named Hua Shuhui (). In February 1967, Li married Zhu Yixuan (), daughter of medical scientist Zhu Yubi ().

Honours and awards

* 1991 Member of the

(CAS) * 1994 Member of the

(CAE) * 1999 Member of the International Academy of Eurasian Sciences (IAES) * 1999 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for the GPS Aerial Photogrammetry Technology * 1999 Science and Technology Progress Award of the

Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation The Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation (HLHL, ) is a Hong Kong–based non-government organisation which annually bestows prizes upon Chinese scientists. It was established on 30 March 1994, with funds donated from the charitable foundations of Ho Sin ...

* 2001 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for the Development and Engineering Application of Domestic GIS Basic Software Geostar * 2007 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for the LD2000 Series Mobile Road Measurement System based on 3S Integration Technology and Its Application * 2012 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for the Innovation in Earth Observation Data Processing Technology for the Integration of Heaven and Earth and Its Application in National Emergency Response * 2018 Fellow of the

International Academy of Astronautics The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) is a Paris-based non-government association for the field of astronautics. It was founded in Stockholm, Sweden) on August 16, 1960, by Dr. Theodore von Kármán. It was recognised by the United Nation ...

* 2020 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class) for the Key Technologies and Applications of High Precision Intelligent Processing for Sky and Ground Remote Sensing Data * June 2022 Brock Gold Medal Award * June 2024 National Highest Science and Technology Award

References

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