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Kang, Mengzhen
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Full Name

 KANG MengZhen

Gender

Female

 

Position

 

Professional Title

Associate Professor

 

Personal Homepage

http://liama.ia.ac.cn/wiki/user:kangmengzhen:home

 

Contacts

mzkang@nlpr.ia.ac.cn

010-62647457

 

Resume

l         June 2008 to present:  Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor

l         June 2007- June 2008  Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Professor

l         July 1998- June 2007: Capital Normal University, Assistant Professor Lecturer

 

l         Sept. 2005-March 2006 &June 2004 – Dec. 2004: The French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control, Postdoctoral

l         Dec. 2004 –June 2005   Wageningen University, the Netherland, Postdoctoral

 

l         Sept. 2000-Sept.2003 Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PhD degree in Pattern Recognition and Intelligent System

l         Sept.1995-July 1998: BeiJing Polytechnic University, Master degree in Biomechanics 

l         Sept. 1991-July 1995 ShanDong Building Material Institute, Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

R&D Scopes

 

Functional-Structural Plant Model and its applications

 
 
 
 
 

Professional Experience

l         June 2008 to present:  Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor

l         Sept. 2005-March 2006 &June 2004 – Dec. 2004: The French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control, Postdoctoral

l         Dec. 2004 –June 2005   Wageningen University, the Netherland, Postdoctoral

l         July 1998- June 2007: Capital Normal University, Assistant Professor Lecturer

 

 
 
 
 

Academic Achievements

 

Her main interest includes functional-structural plant modeling and related topics.  She has authored or co-authored more than 20 academic papers in these areas. She developed the GreenScilab (www.greenscilab.org) open-source software for plant simulation and parameter identification.

 

1.                        M.Z. Kang, J. B. Evers, J. Vos, P. de Reffye. 2008. The derivation of sink functions of wheat organs using the GreenLab model. Annals of Botany. Plant Growth Modeling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications Special Issue. Vol. 101, pp. 1099-1108, 2008.

2.                        M.Z. Kang, P.-H. Cournède, Ph. de Reffye, B.G. Hu. 2008. Analytic Study of a Stochastic Plant Architectural Model: Application to the GreenLab Model. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Vol. 78, pp. 57-75, 2008.

3.                        M.Z. Kang, E. Heuvelink and Ph. de Reffye. 2006. Building Virtual Chrysanthemum by Calibrating GreenLab Model-a Preliminary Study. Acta Horticulturae. 718: 129-136

4.                        M.Z. Kang and P. de Reffye. 2007. A mathematical approach to the estimation of sink strength of competing organs. In Functional-structural plant modelling in crop production. J. Vos, L.F.M. Marcelis, P.H.B. de Visser, P.C. Struik and J.B. Evers(Eds), Wageningen UR Frontis Series, 22, Springer, Wageningen University, the Netherlands, February 23 2007, 65-74

5.                        M.Z. Kang, Ph. de Reffye, J. F. Barczi and B.G. HU. 2003. Fast Algorithm for Stochastic Tree Computation. In: 11th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision’2003 in co-operation with EUROGRAPHICS (WSCG 2003), Plzen-Bory, Czech Republic, Feb 3 - 7, 2003. Journal of WSCG, Vol. 11(1)

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Current Research

n       National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (NSFC), Study of the genetic basis of yield formation using mathematical plant model and introgression lines, Jan. 2008- Oct. 2010. PI

 

n       Natioanl Hi-Tech 863 Project: Parametric design and animation of plant 3D structure. Jan. 2008- Oct. 2010. PI

 

n       Natioanl Hi-Tech 863 Project: Modeling and visualization on interactions between structure, function and environment in virtual crops. Jan. 2006- Oct. 2010.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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