International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, IEAS

Academician

Gongbing PENG

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Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1996, Professor Gongbing Peng is a distinguished Chinese climatologist and geophysicist whose research and professional work have focused on geophysical influences on climate systems, global snow and ice cover, and the role of greenhouse gases in climate dynamics. Born in Macheng, Hubei Province, he received his M.S. in Meteorology and Climatology from the Department of Geography at Moscow State University, USSR, in 1961. He was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in 1996. He currently serves as Research Professor at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and as Secretary-General and Advisor to the Secretariat of the China Science Center of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences. He also serves as Honorary Professor at the School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, Australia, Adjunct Research Professor at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, CAS, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Water Resources and Hydrology at Hohai University. He previously served as a member of the Chinese National Committee of the International Association of Geodesy and Geophysics and Vice Chairman of its Hydrology Professional Committee, as well as a member of the Climate Commission of the International Geographical Union. He also served on the Expert Group on Meteorology and Hydrology for the Three Gorges Project.

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Professor Peng’s research has focused on the influence of geophysical factors on climate, with particular attention to the relationship between polar motion and climate, the development of simplified Earth models, and the mechanisms through which global snow and ice cover and greenhouse gases affect climate systems. From 1985 onward, he held visiting professorships at the Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Mainz, Germany, and the Department of Meteorology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA, and was appointed Honorary Professor at the University of New South Wales in 1996. His research on Earth-rotation–climate interactions and sandstorm occurrence, monitoring, prediction, and disaster assessment contributed to the development of approaches for environmental monitoring and meteorological hazard assessment. His research collective, Sandstorm Occurrence and Development Mechanisms, Monitoring and Prediction, and Disaster Assessment, received the Chinese Academy of Sciences Outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Award in 2011. He has also participated in cross-strait economic development forums and scientific exchange activities, including the 2025 Research Institutes Xiong’an Tour. Author of numerous peer-reviewed publications and monographs, Professor Peng has contributed to connecting research in geophysical climatology with practical applications in environmental monitoring, meteorological hazard prevention, and sustainable development.