Dachang Zhang

Biography:

Dr. Dachang Zhang received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology from the Changchun Institute of Geology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1982 and 1985, respectively, and subsequently became a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He obtained his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Vienna in 1996, during which he made significant contributions to a national water project in Austria. From 1997 to 2000, Dr. Zhang conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He later worked as a geological and environmental consultant in Canada and the United States, and has been a Licensed Professional Geologist in the State of California since 2007. Between 2008 and 2014, he served as Professor and Deputy Dean of the Academy for Bijie Experimental Region at the University of Bijie, China, where his work focused on water management and rural development in impoverished mountainous regions. In 2010, Dr. Zhang founded the Water & Eco Crisis Foundation (USA), where he currently serves as President. Since 2012, Dr. Zhang and his research team have been developing a new water science framework, Suitaiology (Water-Situation Science). This framework was first officially introduced at the 1st Global Conference on Agriculture and Horticulture (AGRI 2021), and its research progress has been continuously presented at subsequent AGRI conferences.