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Southern and Eastern Africa
2008-2009 - Cohort 14
Wilbert Newton Chitaukali
Wilbert Chitaukali is a Lecturer in Vertebrate Zoology/ Mammalogy at the Department of Biology, Chancellor College in the University of Malawi. He is responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate courses. At undergraduate level his main subjects are Mammalogy, Behavioural Ecology and general Vertebrate Zoology. At postgraduate level he teaches various components within Biology including Applied Ecology and Natural Resource Management. He is also responsible for the zoological collection and the Animal house of the Biology Department at Chancellor College.,
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Wilbert holds a Master of Science (MSc) Degree in Zoology from Knightsbridge University (2002) and a Bachelors of Science (Biology) Degree from the University of Malawi (1991). Prior to joining Chancellor College in 2004 he had worked for the National Museums for 12 years. He joined the Museums of Malawi in 1991 as a Curator of Mammals. In his career he has led and participated in a number of research projects in small mammals with local and international counterparts from South Africa, France, United Kingdom, Germany, and Czech Republic. He has travelled and made presentations at various forums within and outside Malawi in other countries including Tanzania, Ethiopia, France, Belgium, Germany and Czech Republic.,,,,,,,
He has a number of publications to his credit, co-authored with colleagues from other academic and research institutions. Most of these publications are in small mammals including subterranean rodents (mole-rats).
Southern and Eastern Africa
2001-2003 - Cohort 10
Willard PHIRI
Willard PHIRI is principal architect of the North East District Council of Botswana responsible for overseeing development and maintenance of buildings and reporting to the civic leadership of the region.

He worked for ten years(1993-2004 )in the private sector as consultant project architect, responsible for deputizing in overall company management, design, and project management.He thereby received recognition as corporate Member of; the Zambia Institute of Architects ,the Chartered Institute of Building and the Architecture and Surveying Institute, UK.

He is also a Fellow of Leadership for Environment and Development. His areas of interest currently include human settlements and the major issue of sustainable development. He also intermittently provides voluntary assistance to local communities and individuals in construction and is on the Volunteers roster of the Commonwealth Service Abroad Programme. He is an alumnus of the Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft eV and former intern of Knoten Weimar and HPP Bau & Projektmanagement GmbH of Germany

Willard is an architect with a bachelor of architecture degree from the Copperbelt University, Zambia .He also undertook postgraduate advanced professional training in Urban Infrastructure Management at the Bauhaus Universitaet,Weimar, Germany.

Willard has an excellent command of English and is also able to communicate in German
Canada
1995-1997 - Cohort 4
William Bruce DENNING
Bill Denning is the manager of the Transportation Economics Office of the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO). Bill has a long and varied career in transportation and trade. Bill joined MTO in 2009 after working for the Ontario Ministry of Finance from 2003. Prior to returning to Toronto, Bill worked as the Knowledge Management Coordinator for the transport sector and as a transport economist for the South Asia and Eastern Europe sections of the World Bank in Washington DC, doing transport and urban policy and project appraisal in Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Poland, Latvia, Bosnia, and Albania.

He was employed as the Head of Market Research and Planning at GO Transit during the mid-1990’s, managing market and economic evaluations including demand and revenue forecasting and supervising an extensive market research and survey program. He worked as a transport economist for Canadian Pacific Consulting Services in Montreal with assignments in Congo, Brazil, and south-east Asia. Bill worked as a Canadian Trade Commissioner in Ottawa and Kuala Lumpur. His first position after of school was with Ernst & Young Toronto in their Marketing & Economics group.

He has a double specialist BA degree in Geography and in Economics from the University of Toronto and an MA in Regional Science from the University of Pennsylvania.

Bill was a member of the second Canadian LEAD cohort (Cohort 4, 1995-97) and has kept in touch with Canadian and international LEAD fellows over the years. He lives in New Toronto, a town that has has been absorbed into the City of Toronto. He is an avid cyclist and greatly enjoys the placedness of Toronto.
Southern and Eastern Africa
2001-2003 - Cohort 10
Winnie DHLAMLENZE
Winnie DHLAMLENZE is an environmental health officer with Johannesburg Local Council responsible for community development through health education, water sampling, food sampling and maintaining a clean and health environment for the people to live in. She is an executive member for the South African Institute for Environmental Health for the Johannesburg central region(SAIEM).

Winnie is also a member of the Disaster Management Task Team for region 10 JHB, and a member of the Pollution Task Team for Johannesburg metropolitan council. She worked for Sanlam in Randburg before joining the Johannesburg local council.

Winnie has a bachelor of technology degree in environmental health from Technikon Witswaters Rand and a diploma from the same institution in environmental health, a post graduate diploma in the management of HIV/AIDS in the work place with Stelenbosch university. Currently studying an Mphil in the management of HIV/AIDS in the work place with Stelenbosch University.
Indonesia
1999-2001 - Cohort 8
Wiwien Tribuwani WIYONOPUTRI
Wiwien T. WIYONOPUTRI has been working for the Centre for Tourism Planning and Development, Institute of Technology Bandung since 1992 and has recently established Jagaddhita, a firm of tourism consultants.

She is interested in the issue of sustainable tourism development, particularly in developing countries and has been involved in several local, regional as well as national tourism-related initiatives such as the preparation of National Agenda 21 for Tourism Sector and Tourism Law in Indonesia. During 2003-2004 she assisted RARE in implementing their Public Use Program which tries to link biodiversity conservation with sustainable tourism in two world heritage national parks in Indonesia -Ujung Kulon National Park and Komodo National Park. She assisted in the implementation of UN-WTO program on Tourism Development Supporting Biodiversity in Pangandaran in 2008.

She teaches tourism development-related issues in the university and has conducted trainings on sustainable tourism planning and development for government officials, academia, consultants/NGOs. She is always keen on supporting the development of environmental education and tourism programs for youngster. She was involved as core team in the Climate Smart Leader Program carried out by Sustainable Development Foundation/LEAD Indonesia.

She also wrote several articles on tourism and development, cultural tourism, village tourism and been the editor and co-editor for few publications of the centre.

Wiwien WIYONOPUTRI has bachelor degree in Regional and City Planning and master degree in Development Study focusing on tourism development. She has attended several courses on tourism development in the country and abroad.
Anglophone and West Africa
1998-2000 - Cohort 7
Wosilat ONISAROTU
Wosilat Adetola ONISAROTU is the chief scientific officer at the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA). She is interested in environmental pollution abatement strategies, environmental impact analysis, research, awareness and education for sustainable development. As an environmental scientist, she is also interested in the role of women in development. She obtained her master's and bachelor's degrees in biochemistry from the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba.She is curently the head of the assessment and enforcement unit of the pollution control department in the Agency.
Canada
1998-2000 - Cohort 7
Wynet V. SMITH
Wynet SMITH is the Coordinator of the United Nations Security Council's Panel of Experts on Liberia. In this role, she is responsible for monitoring implementation of forestry legislation and the Kimberley Process diamond certification in Liberia and overall coordination of the Panel's monitoring of Security Council sanctions on Liberia.

She was a Lecturer in Geography at St Catharine's College at the University of Cambridge from 2005-2008, where she taught on environment and development papers in the Department of Geography's undergraduate degree.

From 1999-2002, Wynet worked at the World Resources Institute in Washington DC. She was the Project Manager for Global Forest Watch (GFW)Canada activities and was in charge of a major mapping project for Canada. She also researched international illegal logging and compliance monitoring issues.

From 1995 to 1999, Wynet worked in northern Canada for co-management and aboriginal organizations. She was Lands Manager for the Kitikmeot Inuit Association, where she was responsible for managing more than 100,000 sq. km. of Inuit owned lands, and for over 2 years for Gwich'in co-management agencies, conducting community based planning of natural resources,including forestry and wildlife resources.

Wynet worked in Ottawa in the early 1990s, including a year as a Research and Legislative Assistant to the Honourable Charles Caccia, a former Canadian Environment Minister. She has participated in environmental projects in Kenya, Thailand and Tanzania and has taught in northern Quebec and the People's Republic of China.

She has a PhD in Geography from the University of Cambridge, a MSc in physical geography from McGill University and a bachelor's degree in English Literature. Awards include a British Academy research grant, a Cambridge University Political Economy Society Trust Fund Scholarship, a Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship, a Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Reserach Council Graduate Student Scholarship, a federal Environmental Assessment Research Grant, and a Canadian International Developement Agency Youth Initiative Program grant.
China
1994-1996 - Cohort 3
Xaiosu DAI
DAI Xiaosu is Director of Climate Change Division of China Meteorological Administration (CMA). She is responsible for making scientific research planning in the field of climate change of CMA, coordinating the participation of CMA in national and international research activities related to climate change, organizing related national and international workshops and meetings. As one of members of Chinese delegation, she has participated in the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for many times.

DAI Xiaosu got her PhD degree in Atmospheric Chemistry and Climatology from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1994. Since then, she had worked as an associate professor for the National Climate Center of China for ten years. She was responsible for assessing impacts of climate change on national economical sectors such as agriculture, energy, ecosystem, etc. Dr. Dai also participated in policy analysis and strategy study related to the implementation of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Moreover, she attended numerous national and international conferences and published some papers in the field of climate studies. From 1999 to 2001, Dr. DAI worked for the Technical Support Unit of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as a visiting scientist, which was located in the United Kingdom Meteorological Office. From May 2004, she began to pursue the current career.
Europe
2010-2011 - Cohort 16
Xenya Cherny-Scanlon
Xenya is a communications professional with extensive international experience in the field of environment and sustainability. She has lived and worked in Australia, Kenya, Russia and Switzerland, where she managed global media relations for an intergovernmental organization, led reporting teams at UN conferences, and coordinated high-profile outreach initiatives. Her professional goal is to use communications knowledge and expertise to address some of the world's greatest environmental and humanitarian challenges. Xenya speaks six languages, is married and has two children.
Japan
1999-2001 - Cohort 8
Xianfu Luxembourg
Xianfu LU is a Senior Research Associate at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, UK. Her recent work has been focusing on the key vulnerabilities and adaptive responses to climate change, both in developing and developed countries, from both science and policy perspectives. Xianfu is also a Coordinating Lead Author (CLA) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report(AR4) due to be published in 2007.

Between 2002 and 2004, Xianfu worked on a UNEP/GEF funded project 'Assessments of Impacts and Adaptation to Climate Change in Multiple Regions and Sectors'(AIACC), which consists of 24 project teams from developing countries. Her role within this project is to provide scientific support for all the AIACC project teams with respect to the development and application of climate scenarios in climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation assessments. During her secondment (2003~2004)to the International Global Change Institute (IGCI) at the University of Waikato, New Zealand, she also participated in the AIACC research project in the Pacific Islands, responsible for the development of climate and socio-economic scenarios, contributing to the development of a 'second generation' of integrated assessment model.

Before joining the University of East Anglia, Xianfu was a research associate at the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies,working on the project: 'Sustainable Development Framework for Developing Countries'. Through her scientific research, she is exploring the possibilities of various future climate scenarios and their potential impacts on socio-economic as well as ecosystem. Xianfu Lu has a Ph.D. in ecology from the Commission for Integrated Survey of Natural Resources at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (1999). Her doctoral dissertation investigated the potential impact of global warming on China's water resources, which are vulnerable to the expected climate changes in the coming century.
Japan
2000-2002 - Cohort 9
Xiang Hungary
Xiang Hu is from Beijing and in 2003 studied at the graduate school of Asia-Pacific Studies in Waseda University. Where he finished his graduate courses for a Masters degree and in September 2003 started a Medicine degree.

Xiang HU used to serve as an officer of the Ministry of Agriculture of China and was sent to study in Japan by the Chinese government.When he was in China, Xiang Hu mainly comitted himself to diplomatic activities,techincal cooperations and nongovernmental communications in the field of agriculture. His time spent in Japan was principally focused on environment and sustainable development.

The topic of his graduate thesis for his Masters degree was 'New Paradigm for the Sustainable Development in Chinese Countryside'. In this thesis, with researching into Chinese eco-agriculture, Xiang Hu tried to seek certain developing patterns in Chinese countryside in which the progress of economy and the protection of environment could both be attained. He also put forward the approach of endogenous development for the countryside of Asia-Pacific developing countries. He made make further comparative researches between China and Japan in this field during his graduate study for a Doctors degree.
China
2010-2011 - Cohort 16
Xiang Li
China
2006-2007 - Cohort 12
Xiang Zhou
Zhou Xiang, majored in chemistry education, began to work with WCS after graduation in June 2005. He works on the three cooperation’s: TCM program(endangered medicinal animals and plants protection);WCS Shanghai Office with NGO and the mass media; WCS in China with environmental societies in universities. He participates in the program of re-introduction of Chinese Alligators (parts of programs of WCS in China) and protection of Cuora aurocapitatas, the program of Amur Tiger protection, endangered medicinal animals and plants protection and educational programs, etc.

Zhou Xiang’ Present position and responsibilities: a member of the council of the culture promotion committee in State Environmental Protection Administration, president of wild life protection of exchange center in Shanghai Oasis, Standing director of Green Anhui in Anhui Province, counselor of environmental protection society of West Anhui University.
Zhou Xiang established the environmental protection society of West Anhui University in 2001 and set up the first nongovernmental organization of environmental protection named Green Anhui in An Hui Province. He was appointed member of the council by the culture promotion committee in State Environmental Protection Administration.

Zhou Xiang organized to train heads of environmental protection society in universities in An Hui and was responsible for the program of “Green Journalists in An Hui”.All these were aimed at improving their conception of sustainable development.

In September 2004, on behalf of Green Anhui, Zhou Xiang attended the Ford Environmental Protection Prize Conference, one of the highest prizes on environmental protection in China, and won the prize with the first rank. Afterwards, he attended the awarding ceremony in the People’s Hall. In the year 2005, He led their team to win the “Society Entrepreneur Ecology” prize.
China
1994-1996 - Cohort 3
Xiaodong LING
Dr. Ling is an assistant researcher with the China International Trust and Investment Corporation where he does research and consulting work. He earned his doctorate from the Chinese Academy of Social Science and his master's degree from the People's University of China. With a background in economics, Dr. Ling is interested in conducting a cost/benefit analysis of public expenditures, analyzing the development strategy of an open economy and researching labor patterns in the context of a dual economy. He has participated in several conferences on the environmental economics, including the Forum on Economic Cooperation and Development in Northeast Asia and in Khabarovsk in the Commonwealth of Independent States. His published materials include Macroeconomic Regulations in the Process of Market-Oriented Reform in China.
China
1996-1998 - Cohort 5
Xiaohua WANG
As an associate professor at the Daqing Petroleum Institute, WANG Xiaohua is responsible for the research work of an applied geophysics studying group. Currently, he is studying the high-resolution seismic exploration theory for oil prospecting and the impact of oil exploration and exploitation on oil-field environment and sustainable development. He also conducts studies on petroleum geophysics presetting, especially seismic prospecting.

He has attended a number of national and international conferences, including the joint SEF/CPS workshop on exploration geophysics in July 1993 and the annual meeting of the Chinese Geophysical Society in August 1994. In 1995, his study 'A Research on the Offset VSP-AVO Inversion Theory' appeared in 'GPP' and a paper entitled 'Study on Optimal Array Filtering' was published in 'OGP'. He has a Ph.D. in applied geophysics from the China University of Geoscience (1993).
China
1997-1999 - Cohort 6
Xiaohui GUO
Now as Associate Professor at Foreign Languages Collge at Renmin Uni. of China, GUO XiaoHui teaches English to social science students. As a visiting research fellow, she received training in anthropology and sociology at the Cross-Cultural Center for Women's Studies at Oxford University in 1993. And in 2007 she graduated from Renmin Uni. of China with a Doctorate of Law, majoring in political science.
In 1990's she helped IFAW(International Fund for Animal Welfare)in China in programs such as bear farms reduction(such farms extract bile from living bears for medical use), endangered species conservation and anti-crulty campains. As a member of Friends of Nature the biggest environmental NGO in China, she is also active in education, writing and translation pertaining to environmental issues.
China
2008-2009 - Cohort 14
Xiaojian Zhu
Zhu Xiaojian got her PhD in 1999 at Peking University, and became a lecturer at School of Life Sciences, Peking University in the same year.
Zhu Xiaojian is interested in the ecology of large mammals. With Prof. Pan Wenshi, the world’s leading wild panda experts, as her advisor, she took part in the study of wild giant panda biology since year 1992. She studied the mother-infant interaction, the development of wild giant panda cubs, help other students collecting various kind of data. Since 2002, she took part in the study of wild Asiatic black bears in Sichuan Province.

At school she teaches General Ecology (2002–present), Zoology Lab (2003-2005), Zoology Field Course (1999-2003, 2007-present) and gives lectures in Conservation Biology (2000-present) for undergraduate student at Peking University. She coordinated and gave lectures in the training course “Bears and Large Carnivores: Ecology and Study Techniques” sponsored by Conservation Research Center, Smithsonian Institution and Chinese Wildlife Conservation Association.
Canada
2010-2011 - Cohort 16
Xiaolan Sun
Xiaolan Sun is a business analyst for Future Electronics, Inc. She is the key contact to originate, support and drive all tracking, analysis and business modeling reports required to support the business unit by using the tracking tools (Access & Foxfire). The reports include monthly and quarterly WW Key Business Metrics; Business Opportunities Management and Analysis; General Market Research Projects and Competition Analysis. And another important part is analyzing and interpreting data and making recommendations to the management team.

She is very interested in environment and sustainable development and attended a couple of activities related voluntarily when she was in China , which was one of the reasons that brought her to Arizona State University for her study in Public Administration. At school, her concentration was Environmental Policy and Natural Resource Management. However, to get her masters degree done, she had to finish courses required generally and did not have chances to take all the courses in her area. During the time, she tried to apply for several interns in the States but got refused because of her foreign status. Meanwhile, she applied for a Ph.D. in the same area and got adimission from the State University of New York at Albany and her concentration would be Environment and Sustainable Development. Unfortunately, her visa application got rejected twice and she could not go to Albany to start her Ph.D. study. Although she is working in the private sector and what she is doing has nothing to do with the environment and sustainable development, she has never given up and is still trying her best to go back to the field that she really is interested in.
China
2005-2006 - Cohort 11
Xiaorong Morocco
MA Xiaorong is now a Ph. D. candidate of Nanjing University. Her major is Anglo-American Literature.

Xiaorong is also an English teacher at the Foreign Language Institute, Sichuan Normal University. Many students found her teaching inspiring and interesting. Ranking No.4, she was even voted by students as one of 'the Ten Best Teachers' of Sichuan Normal University (ten out of two thousand teachers). Her work experience also includes: Program Assistant of Peace Corps/China; Interpreter of UNICEF (The United Nations Children's Fund) Sichuan Program; Youth Volunteer of Environment Protection. She is also appointed as executive director of Research Department of Women's Studies Center in Sichuan Normal University.

Graduated with honors, Xiaorong got an MA in 2002 and a BA in 1999. Having majored in English, she has become familiar with not only the language but also the culture which the language represents. Her intercultural experience has enabled her to communicate well with people from other countries and to become sensitive to differing opinions and new concepts.

MA Xiaorong was born in Panzhihua, a city at the upper reach of Yangtze River. As the second generation of this young city, she is proud of the industrial and mining development of that city. The supply of resources, like rich rare minerals, open coal mines, and the Ertan Hydropower Station, seem to be endless, waiting for development. Over time she has come to realize the immeasurable destructive effect caused by thoughtless exploitation. Can China find a way to sustainable development? She hopes the training she is getting from LEAD will help her to find the answer.
China
Xiaoxia PU
No biography
China
2005-2006 - Cohort 11
Xiaoxia QU
No biography
China
1999-2001 - Cohort 8
Xiaoxia WANG
Wang Xiaoxia recieved a master's degree from China Agriculture University in postharvest physiology, an application science closely related to horticulture & food processing, in 1998. His first career plan was to become a professional in a large food company. However, he gradually changed his mind to start his career from a market point. This was because the young generation from mixed backgrounds have become more valued in today's China.

After graduating, he entered the state Xinhua News Agency as a reporter. It was a challenging period for him as he had to deal with a huge change in professions, he went from a college researcher to a news reporter

He made a smooth transition and later joined KINGSOFT co. Ltd., a well-known Chinese software company. 3 years on he changed from communication manager to marketing manager and to vice general manager of marketing and sales responsible for a team of over 40 members.

In just 3 years, he became an associate and then a fellow of LEAD. He felt it was a very important step in his life because LEAD really bring in lots of valuable knowledge, information and a network which later helped him map out his sustainable development plan.

He is now ready to begin a new challenge, to combine his past background together to explore the opportunities in China's green industry. From this point, his tech. background, marketing feeling and expertise, and management skills can finally work together.

Of course, he will need partners to work together and to give suggestions, particularly from LEAD family. He thanks Fatiene from Indonesia, Awata from Japan and many other LEAD members.
China
1994-1996 - Cohort 3
Xiaoxin FAN
Ms. Fan is Director of the Factory of Special Vehicles of the Beijing No. 2 Automobile Works, where she has been employed in various management posts since 1985. She received her master's degree in statistics from the People's University of China and her bachelor's degree in welding from Jilin University of Technology. Ms. Fan is interested in the use of quality control measures to save energy and to preserve the environment.
China
2006-2007 - Cohort 12
Xin Hungary
Hu Xin, graduated from Zhejiang University in 1999 with a bachelors degree in Computer Science, got his first full time job in WebEx (China)Software Co., Ltd. Hangzhou Branch, working as a software engineer.

In May 2002, he started to work as a volunteer in Edu-aid in YongNing, and in 2005, he started to work as a volunteer in NGOCN (http://www.ngocn.org), and found working in the third sector is his interest. So in Dec 2007, he joined Fuping Development Institute and work as a Program Officer in Center for Civil Society. His main working field is capacity building for grass-roots NGOs and incubating social entrepreneurs.
China
2006-2007 - Cohort 12
Xin Yu
Mr. Yu is working for Greenpeace China as outreach campaigner in communication's unit based in Beijing. Since the spring of 2006, He has devoted most of time to public engagement division with studying at new media tools, Chinese white collar behaviors, practicing online marketing as well as organizing face-to-face public communication events etc. Before Greenpeace, he established and operated an alternative education consulting firm after worked in one of China's biggest e-commerce companies (8848.com) as a sales planning manager for two years.

Mr. Yu graduated from International Relations College in China in major of Japanese language, and studied English in Queen's University, marketing in Concordia University in Canada
China
Xindong JIANG
Mr. Jiang graduated from the Beijing TV University in 1983, majoring in electrical engineering. He had been working with the Beijing Remote Control technology Company, designing and making wireless remote-control equipment. He won the First Prize in science and technology innovation awarded by Beijing Science Commission for remote-control equipment he developed, and the first prize in science and techology awards for his work of duplex wireless station. Mr. Jiang joined LEAD-China in 1994 as LEADnet coordinator, in charge of the network management, system maintenance and LEADnet training and services for LEAD-China associates.
China
1998-2000 - Cohort 7
Xingzui WANG
WANG Xingzui is deputy director of the Center for Management of Foreign-funded Projects, which is under the State Council Leading Group Office for Poverty Reduction and Development. He is responsible for the development and management of poverty reduction projects funded by bilateral and multilateral sources.

He is currently working on three large-scale poverty reduction projects supported by The World Bank. Upon completion, they aim to lift 8 million people out of poverty and stabilize or even reverse upland environmental destruction. These projects introduce measures for land and pasture improvement and soil conservation into China's poorest southwestern areas. Another objective is to create interventions that enable poor individual farmers to generate higher incomes while promoting sustainable development for the entire community.

His bachelor's degree in English language and literature is from Beijing's Foreign Studies University. He received additional training in farm and environment management and studied European agricultural policies at the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom.
China
1992-1994 - Cohort 1
Xinlong XIA
XIA Xinlong is a senior professional in the Beijing Green Environmental Engineering Technology Research Center. He has written numerous articles on chemistry, municipal solid waste treatment and human settlements development. His masters degree in chemistry is from the University of Science and Technology Beijing.
China
1995-1997 - Cohort 4
Xinqing ZOU
ZOU Xinqing, is a Professor of the Department of Urban and Resource Studies at the Nanjing University. His major research interest is Coastal management. He is now the coordinator of two CIDA funded projects related to coastal management in China.

He has built close links with World Bank Institute in the training of Environmental Economics and Policies since year 2000. He was also an adjunct Professor in the Environmental Faculty of the University of Waterloo in the year 2002, where he was invited to give a full course on Sustainable Development in Developing World.

Xinqing has a Ph.D. in Geology and completed postdoctoral work at the Nanjing University in the area of marine science. He is now one of the Board members in LEAD-China.
China
1999-2001 - Cohort 8
Xinshan QI
Qi Xinshan has a master's degree (1989)and a doctor's degree (2005) in ecology, both from Shandong University.

From July 1989 to June 2001: QI Xinshan was with the Agro-environmental Protection and Monitoring Station of Shandong Province. As the section chief and senior agronomist, he was mainly in charge of eco-agriculture development in Shandong province, which is considered a feasible way to realize the sustainable development of Chinese agriculture. He assisted the station director in the management and planning of the government's eco-agriculture projects, conducted related experiments and promoted the use of advanced techniques in Shandong province.

Rrom July 2001 to now: Qi Xinshan has been working in Shandong Provincial Environment Inspection Station, which is an important department of the Environmental Protection Bureau of Shandong Province. As a vice director and a Professor, he is mainly engaged in the protection of ecological environment and natural resources.