Zou Xuexiao
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Nanjing Agricultural University
Zou Xuexiao | |||||||
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邹学校 | |||||||
| President of Hunan Agricultural University | |||||||
| Assumed office December 2018 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Fu Shaohui | ||||||
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| Born | 24 July 1963 Hengyang County, Hunan, China | ||||||
| Party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Hunan Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Vegetables | ||||||
| Institutions | Hunan Agricultural University | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 邹学校 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鄒學校 | ||||||
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Zou Xuexiao (born 24 July 1963) is a Chinese botanist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, currently serving as president of Hunan Agricultural University.
Zou was born in Tongzi Township, Hengyang County, Hunan, on 24 July 1963.[1] He has four siblings.[1] He secondary studied at Hengyang County No. 6 High School.[1] In 1979, he enrolled at Hunan Agricultural University where he received his bachelor's degree in vegetables in 1983 and his master's degree in genetic breeding in 1986.[1] He received his doctor's degree in agronomy from Nanjing Agricultural University in 2005.
In July 1986, he worked as an official at the Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, becoming director of Vegetable Research Institute in 1996, vice president in 2000, and president in 2005.[2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party in September 1994. In December 2018, he was appointed president of Hunan Agricultural University, replacing Fu Shaohui.