Duan Xianzhong, male, was born in Oct. 1966 in Lengshuijiang City, Hunan Province. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1992, and entered the workforce in 1993. He is now member of the CPC Hunan University Committee and its standing committee, president of Hunan University; professor and doctoral supervisor.

Resume:

1987: Graduated from Department of Electric Power Engineering of HUST with a bachelor’s degree in engineering;

Sept. 1987: Admitted to HUST for master’s degree in electric power system and automation;

Sept. 1989 to 1992: Studied for doctor’s degree, and then recruited into postdoctoral research station;

From May 1995: Worked at HUST;

July 1998: Promoted to professor;

2000: Visiting professor in Manitoba University, Canada;

Dec. 1996: Head of Department of Electric Power Engineering, HUST;

March 1998: Vice dean of Graduate School, and director of Cultivating Division;

Feb. 2001: Vice dean of School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, HUST;

April 2006: Dean of School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, HUST;

July 2008: Appointed to vice president of HUST;

May 2011: member of the CPC HUST Standing Committee and vice president of HUST;

July 2015: Executive vice president of HUST;

Jan. 2016: Appointed to HNU president.