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Minhan Dai

Academician | Chair Professor | Director · Chinese Academy of Sciences | Xiamen University | Fujian Ocean Innovation Center
Biography

Minhan Dai is the Tan Kah Kee Chair Professor of Marine Environmental Science at Xiamen University and also serves as Director of the Fujian Ocean Innovation Center. His research spans marine biogeochemistry, marine technology innovation, and the science-policy interface, with a particular focus on advancing sustainable ocean development.

Prof. Dai has authored more than 260 peer-reviewed publications and is internationally recognized as a highly cited scholar. His distinguished honors include being elected as an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2017, receiving the AOGS Axford Medal in 2022, winning the AGU Ambassador Award and being elected as an AGU Fellow in 2024, and being elected a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST) in 2026.

Prof. Dai is deeply committed to international scientific collaboration and global ocean governance. He serves on the Expert Group of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy. He is also a Council Member of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED), Lead Principal Investigator of COASTAL-SOS, a project endorsed by the UN Ocean Decade, and previously served as Co-Chair of the Surface Ocean–Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) from 2021 to 2023.

戴民汉,厦门大学陈嘉庚讲席教授,现任鹭江创新实验室主任。他的研究聚焦于海洋生物地球化学、海洋技术创新,以及海洋可持续发展相关的科学与政策交叉议题。

戴教授已发表论文260余篇,是具有广泛国际影响力的高被引学者。其主要荣誉包括:2017年当选中国科学院院士,2022年获亚洲大洋洲地球科学学会(AOGS)Axford Medal,2024年获美国地球物理学会(AGU)大使奖并当选AGU会士,2026年当选英国海洋工程、科学与技术学会(IMarEST)会士。

在推动国际科研合作与全球海洋治理方面,戴教授同样深度参与。目前,他担任可持续海洋经济高级别小组专家组成员、中国环境与发展国际合作委员会(CCICED)委员,同时是联合国“海洋科学促进可持续发展十年”认可项目 COASTAL-SOS 的首席科学家。2021年至2023年间,他曾任上层海洋—低层大气研究计划(SOLAS)共同主席。