Prof. Qihao WENG, Chair Professor and Global STEM Scholar of the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, has been elected a foreign member of Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe) in its 2021 class in late 2021.
The object of Academia Europaea is the advancement and propagation of excellence in scholarship in the humanities, law, the economic, social, and political sciences, mathematics, medicine, and all branches of natural and technological sciences anywhere in the world for the public benefit and for the advancement of the education of the public of all ages in the aforesaid subjects in Europe.
Members are scientists and scholars who collectively aim to promote learning, education and research. Founded in 1988, with more than 4500 members which includes leading experts from the physical sciences and technology, biological sciences and medicine, mathematics, the letters and humanities, social and cognitive sciences, economics and the law.
Invitations for Academia Europaea are made only after peer group nomination, scrutiny and confirmation as to the scholarship and eminence of the individual in their chosen field. Election is confirmed by the Council of the Academia. Current membership stands at around 4,500. Amongst them are seventy-two Nobel Laureates, several of whom were elected to the Academia before they received the prize.
The membership page of Prof. Weng can be found here.
Prof. Dr. Qihao Weng also appointed the Board of Trustees of The ISPRS Foundation in Dec 2021. The eleven members of the Board manage the fundraising activities and disbursement of funds to deserving individuals to further the scientific and technological work of ISPRS. Prof. Weng will have a three-year term as a Trustee, renewable for up to two further terms.
The ISPRS Foundation, Inc. (TIF), is an independently registered entity established to provide financial assistance and in-kind support for benevolent purposes pursued by ISPRS. TIF is a public charity formed to administer an extensive and broadly-based international program that through the raising of funds shall provide grants, scholarships, awards, training supplies and other forms of scientific assistance to qualified individuals and organizations who are pursuing and/or applying knowledge for advancing the sciences and technologies associated with the disciplines embodied by the ISPRS, especially to support those in developing countries and regions.
In addition, the Stanford University has recently released an update of the list that represents the top 2 percent of most-cited scientists in various disciplines. We are honoured to share that Prof. Weng is in the list of top 2% most-cited scientists. The report was prepared by a team of experts led by Prof. John IOANNIDIS, an eminent Professor at Stanford University. The updated list can be downloaded from here.
Congratulations to Prof. Weng!
