title: Zhao Guochun
text: # Zhao Guochun
  
  Zhao Guochun (Chinese: 赵国春; born 7 August 1961) is a Chinese geologist and professor at the University of Hong Kong and Northwest University (China).
  
  ## Education
  
  Zhao was born in Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County, Liaoning on August 7, 1961. He secondary studied at the High School of Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County. In 1981 he studied, then taught, at what is now Jilin University. In 2000 he obtained his doctor's degree from Curtin University. From August 2000 to July 2002 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Hong Kong.
  
  ## Career
  
  He taught at the University of Hong Kong since 2002, what he was promoted to associate professor in July 2007 and to full professor in July 2013.
  
  ## Honours and awards
  
  * 2014 Fellow of the American Gem Society
  * 2014 State Natural Science Award (Second Class)
  * November 22, 2019 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
  