Tian Bo
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Tian Bo | |
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田波 | |
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| Born | December 25, 1931 Huantai County, Shandong, China |
| Died | December 15, 2019 (aged 87) Beijing, China |
| Alma mater | Beijing Agricultural University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Virology |
| Institutions | Wuhan University |
| Doctoral students | Wang Yanyi |
Tian Bo (Chinese: 田波; pinyin: Tián Bō; 25 December 1931 – 15 December 2019) was a Chinese virologist and professor at the School of Life Sciences, Wuhan University.
Tian was born in Huantai County, Shandong, Republic of China on December 25, 1931. In 1950 he entered Beijing Agricultural University, majoring in plant protection, where he graduated in 1954.
After university, he was assigned to the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), where he worked as a researcher, associate professor, full professor, and doctoral supervisor.[1] He was a visiting scholar at the University of Adelaide (1981), University of Düsseldorf (1986), University of Maryland, College Park (1990), University of Wisconsin System (1990), and Scottish Crop Research Institute (1993). He was a member of the 8th and 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
He died of an illness in Beijing on December 15, 2019, aged 87.[2]
