Liu Dongsheng (November 22, 1917 - March 6, 2008)[1], a native of Shenyang, Liaoning, native of Tianjin, an expert in the field of earth environmental science research in China, a senior academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, known as He is the "Father of Loess". [2][3][4]

Graduated from the Department of Geology, Geography and Meteorology of Southwest Associated University in 1942, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980, as an academician of the Third World Academy of Sciences in 1991, and as an academician of the Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1996. Academician, winner of the 2003 National Highest Science and Technology Award. [3][5]

Liu Dongsheng has devoted his life to earth science research, settled the dispute over the origin of loess for more than 170 years, established the most complete continental paleoclimate record for 2.5 million years, and has been engaged in earth science research for the past 60 years. In China, he has made a lot of research results in the fields of vertebrate paleontology, Quaternary geology, environmental science and environmental geology, Tibetan Plateau and polar expeditions, especially loess research, and founded loess science. , leading China’s Quaternary research and paleo-global change research into the world’s leading ranks.

Died on March 6, 2008

——Taken from Baidu Encyclopedia