International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, IEAS

Academician

Yamin DANG

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Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2020, Professor Yamin Dang is a distinguished Chinese geodesist whose research has made significant contributions to geodetic datums, satellite positioning, and the monitoring of Earth dynamics. Born in February 1965 in Heyang, Shaanxi Province, he received his B.Eng. in Engineering Surveying from Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping, now Wuhan University, in 1986 and his Ph.D. in Geodesy and Surveying Engineering from the same institution in 1999. He conducted visiting research at the Finnish Geodetic Institute in 1997 and subsequently pursued postdoctoral research in GNSS and geodynamics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1999 to 2001. He has spent his academic career at the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, now the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping Science, where he currently serves as Chief Research Fellow and Director of the Institute of Geodesy and Geodynamics. He has received the State Council Special Allowance since 2012, was selected as a national-level candidate of the New Century Hundred-Thousand-Ten Thousand Talent Project in 2009, and received the National Outstanding Professional and Technical Talent Award in 2021. His international and professional service includes membership of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), Chairmanship of the IAG China Committee, and service as Secretary-General of the Chinese National Committee for the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG).

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Professor Dang’s research has focused on geodetic datum theory, precise GNSS positioning, crustal deformation monitoring, and geodetic inversion, with particular emphasis on maintaining China’s geocentric coordinate reference frame and applying multi-GNSS data processing to studies of Earth dynamics. He served as Technical Coordinator of the 2020 China–Nepal joint Mount Qomolangma (Everest) height measurement campaign and Chair of its Joint Technical Committee, contributing to the establishment of a regional international height reference framework and the development of a high-precision gravimetric geoid model for the Everest region. The work was recognised by the International Association of Geodesy for its contribution to high-precision geodetic measurement in one of the world’s most challenging environments. He has led more than fifty national and ministerial research projects, including key projects under the National 863 Programme, the National Science and Technology Support Programme, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed publications and eight monographs and has received the National Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Prize, as first completer) and three Provincial/Ministerial Science and Technology Progress Awards, including Special and First Prizes. Through sustained research leadership and participation in major national geodetic engineering projects and international scientific collaborations, Professor Dang has contributed to advancing the theoretical and practical foundations of geodesy for national spatial reference systems, satellite navigation, Earth-system monitoring, and international geodetic cooperation across Eurasia.