Biographical note

Prof. Xiongqi Pang has been engaged in research and teaching of petroleum geology and exploration. As the chief scientist of the National 973 Key planning research Project, he has been engaged in the research of hydrocarbon accumulation mechanism and distribution law in China's superimposed basins for 10 years. As the subject review expert and convenor of the National 863 high-tech project in the field of oil and gas, he has organized a series of major project approval and acceptance review, and served as the chief editor of Petroleum Science for 14 years in a succession. He has revealed the difference and correlation between conventional and unconventional oil and gas reservoirs, and put forward a new quantitative evaluation method for the Whole Petroleum System. He published more than 120 papers (SCI) in the famous journals of petroleum, energy, and earth science fields. He won 1 first level and 1 second level prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, 10 first prizes of provincial and ministerial level of Science and Technology Progress Award, 12 software copyrights and 20 national invention patents. He also won the National Outstanding Teacher Award, and enjoyed special government allowance. In 2017, Prof. Xiongqi Pang was awarded LI-SIGUANG Geological Science Research Award, the highest honor award in the field of geology in China.