Dr. Kang Shaozhong, Professor 

　　Professor Kang Shaozhong was born in Hunan Province of China on November 16, 1962. He received the B.S. degree from Wuhan University of Hydraulic and Electric Engineering in 1982 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degree from Northwest A&F University in 1985 and 1990. He was as a visiting scholar in Hong Kong Baptist University during July to September in 1996, January to March in 2002 and January to March in 2003, as a visiting scientist in Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, ARO, Israel during August to November in 1998, as a visiting scientist in Institute of Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture, Victoria, and CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra, Australia during October in 1999 to May in 2000.

　　He became a Professor in Northwest A&F University in 1993. He was Director of Institute of Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering and Dean of Faculty of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering, Northwest A & F University from 1996 to 2001. He was appointed as Director and Chief Professor of Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural University since 2003.

　　He is the vice president of China Association of Water-saving in Agriculture and Rural Water Supply, vice chairman of China Association of Agricultural Engineering, the member of Discipline Appraise Committee of State Council of China, the member of Science and Technology Committee of Ministry of Education, Ministry of Water Resources and Ministry of Agriculture, Chairman of Chinese Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering Society and Vice-Chairman of Chinese Committee of Irrigation and Drainage. Also he is the Advisory Board Chairman of National Programme for Sustainable Development of Agriculture by State Council.

　　His research interests are mainly on the principle and practice of water-saving agriculture and water management in arid and semiarid areas. He has published more than 300 papers and 10 books, and supervised 51 Ph.D. and 62 M.S. students in water-saving agriculture and water management, two of them obtained the Excellent 100 Ph.D Papers Award. He has developed theories and practices to improve crop water use efficiency and regulated deficit irrigation, obtained evapotranspiration and crop coefficients and drewed the isomaps of water requirement for different crops in Northwest China, presented some methods for high efficiency irrigation, and established the optimal regional water management model in Northwest China, which have been applied broadly in Northwest China.

　　He received ICID Water-saving Technology Award for outstanding contribution to water-saving and water conservation in agriculture from International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage in 2006, and also he obtained the National Award of Science and Technology Progress by State Council of China in 2006, 2010 and 2013, the Award of Science and Technology Progress by Chinese Ministry of Education in 1998，2003and 2012, the Award of Natural Science by Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2001, Outstanding Contribution Award for West China Development by China Association of Science and Technology in 2003. He also obtained State Award for Youth and Middle-age Scientist with Notable Contributions in 1998, State Excellent Teacher Award by State Council of China in 1998, Chinese Excellent Youth Scientist Award by Chinese Society of Science and Technology, and Ministry of Personnel of China in 1994. In 2010, he was awarded the honorary doctoral degree of science by Lancaster University, UK. In 2011, he was elected the academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering.

　　Recent Research Grants

　　Agricultural Water Transformation Processes Simulation and Water Productivity Improvement, China National Natural Science Fund (51321001),￥6,000,000, 2014-2016.

　　Improving Water Use Efficiency in Crop Production, Ministry of Education and State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (111 Program), ￥9,000,000, 2014-2016.

　　Regulation to Crop Water Requirement and Improving Water Productivity by Physiological Measures, Chinese National 863 High Technology Research Plan (2011AA100502)，￥8,160,000, 2011-2015.

　　Water-saving Technology Research and Demonstration in Seed-Maize Field of Arid Northwest China, Ministry of Water Resources(201201003), ￥3,650,000, 2012-2014.

　　Theory and Model for Improving Water Use Efficiency and Fruit Quality in Northwest China, China National Natural Science Fund (50939005),￥2,100,000, 2010-2013.

　　Research and Demonstration of Regulated Deficit Irrigation（RDI）and Alternate Partial Root-zone Irrigation（APRI）in Arid Zone of Northwest China, Ministry of Science and Technology for China-EU Cooperation In Science and Technology (S2010GR0692)，￥1,000,000, 2011-2013.

　　Recent Publications in Reviewed Journals

　　Chen JL, Kang SZ, Du TS, et al., 2013, Quantitative response of greenhouse tomato yield and quality to water deficit at different growth stages, Agricultural Water Management, 129:152-162.

　　Ding RS, Kang SZ, Zhang YQ, et al., 2013, Partitioning evapotranspiration into soil evaporation and transpiration using a modified dual crop coefficient model in irrigated maize field with ground-mulching, Agricultural Water Management, 127:85-96.

　　Ding RS, Kang SZ, Vargas R, et al., 2013, Multiscale spectral analysis of temporal variability in evapotranspiration over irrigated cropland in an arid region, Agricultural Water Management, 130:79-89.

　　Ding RS, Kang SZ, Li, FS, et al., 2013, Evapotranspiration measurement and estimation using modified Priestley-Taylor model in an irrigated maize field with mulching, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology,168:140-148.

　　Du TS, Kang SZ, Yan BY, et al., 2013, Alternate Furrow Irrigation: A practical way to improve grape quality and water use efficiency in arid Northwest China, Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 12(3):509-519.

　　Li SE, Kang SZ, Zhang L., et al., 2013, Quantifying the combined effects of climatic, crop and soil factors on surface resistance in a maize field, Journal of Hydrology, 489:124-134.

　　Li SE, Kang SZ, Zhang L, et al., 2013, Measuring and modeling maize evapotranspiration under plastic film-mulching condition, Journal of Hydrology,503:153-168.

　　Li SE, Kang SZ, Zhang L., 2013, Greater effect of canopy conductance in regulating the energy partition above the maize field in arid northwest China, Hydrological Processes, 27(24): 3452-3460.

　　Qiu RJ, Kang SZ, Du TS, 2013, Effect of convection on the Penman-Monteith model estimates of transpiration of hot pepper grown in solar greenhouse, Scientia Horticulturae, 160: 163-171.

　　Wang JL, Kang SZ, Sun JS, et al., 2013, Estimation of crop water requirement based on principal component analysis and geographically weighted regression, Chinese Science Bulletin,58(27):3371-3379.

　　Hu M, Kang SZ, Zhang JH, et al., 2012, Potential use of saline water for irrigating shelterbelt plants in the arid region. Irrigation and Drainage, 61:107-115.

　　Liu CW, Du TS, Li FS, Kang SZ, Li SE, Tong L, 2012, Trunk sap flow characteristics during two growth stages of apple tree and its relationships with affecting factors in an arid region of northwest China. Agricultural Water Management, 104: 193-202.

　　Ma LH, Kang SZ, Xuan YQ, et al., 2012, Analysis and simulation of the influencing factors on regional water use based on information entropy. Water Policy, 14:1033–1046.

　　Wang ZC, Kang SZ, Jensen CR, Liu FL, 2012, Alternate partial root-zone irrigation reduces bundle-sheath cell leakage to CO2 and enhances photosynthetic capacity in maize leaves. Journal of Experimental Botany, 63(3):1145-1153.

　　Wang ZC, Liu FL, Kang SZ, et al., 2012, Alternate partial root-zone drying irrigation improves nitrogen nutrition in maize (Zea mays L.) leaves. Environmental and  Experimental Botany,75:36-40.

　　Zhang YQ, Oren R, Kang SZ, 2012, Spatiotemporal variation of crown-scale stomatal conductance in an arid Vitis vinifera L. cv. Merlot vineyard: direct effects of hydraulic properties and indirect effects of canopy leaf area. Tree Physiology ,430:91-102.

　　Hu TT, Kang SZ, Li FS, Zhang JH, 2011, Effects of partial root-zone irrigation on hydraulic conductivity in the soil-root system of maize plants. Journal of Experimental Botany, 62(12):4163-4172.

　　Li XJ, Tong L, Kang SZ, LiFS, 2011. Comparison of spatial interpolation methods for yield response factor of winter wheat and its spatial distribution in Haihe basin of north China. Irrigation Science,29(6):455-468.

　　Liu CW, Kang SZ, Li FS, Li SE, Du TS, Tong L, 2011, Relationship between environmental factor and maximum daily stem shrinkage in apple tree in arid region of northwest China. Scientia Horticulturae,130(1):118-125.

　　Qiu RJ, Kang SZ, Li FS, Du TS, et al., 2011. Energy partitioning and evapotranspiration of hot pepper grown in greenhouse with furrow and drip irrigation methods. Scientia Horticulturae, 129(4):790-797.

　　Tang B, Tong L, Kang SZ, Zhang L, 2011, Impacts of climate variability on reference evapotranspiration over 58 years in the Haihe river basin of north China. Agricultural Water Management, 98(10): 1660-1670.

　　Wang F, Kang SZ, Du TS, Li FS, Qiu RJ, 2011, Determination of comprehensive quality index for tomato and its response to different irrigation treatments. Agricultural Water Management, 98(8): 1228-1238.

　　Xu XY, Tong L, Li FS, Kang SZ, Qu YP. 2011. Sap flow of irrigated Populus alba var. pyramidalis and its relationship with environmental factors and leaf area index in an arid region of Northwest China. Journal of Forest Research, 16(2): 114-152.

　　Zhang YQ, Kang SZ, Ward EJ, Ding RS, Zhang X, Zheng R, 2011, Evapotranspiration components determined by sap flow and microlysimetry techniques of a vineyard in northwest China: Dynamics and influential factors. Agricultural Water Management, 98(8): 1207-1214.