| Prestigious insect physiologist QIN
Junde, 92, passes away |
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[2008-1-16] |
Prof. QIN Junde (1916-2008), a pioneer of insect physiology in China
and a senior researcher with the CAS Institute of Zoology, died on
14 January, 2008 in Beijing at the age of
92.
Graduated from the Biology
Department of Soochow University in 1940, Qin carried out studies on
zoology and insect physiology in the Graduate School of University
of Amsterdam, the Netherlands from 1947 to 1950, and received his
Sc.D in 1950. He was also conferred Honorary Fellow by the
University of Minnesota, U.S.
After
returning back to China in 1951, Prof. Qin established China's first
laboratory of insect physiology and worked as its head for more than
40 years. He was engaged in the studies on the physiological
relationships between insects and plants including the nutrition and
food selection of the Calorado potato beetle, the Oriental migratory
locust, the Oriental armyworm, the cotton bollworm etc.
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