Affiliation: China Academy of Agriculture Sciences

Dr. Wenqing He is a Professor at the institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, China Academy of Agriculture Sciences (CAAS), and the Principal Investigator of the agricultural plastic film research innovation team, CAAS. He holds degrees from Inner Mongolia Agricultural University and China Agricultural University. He has been engaged in the research of dryland farming and water saving agriculture for 16 years. His current research focuses on the application of agricultural plastic films and the prevention and control of mulch film residue pollution. His research has shown that mulch plastic films play a very important role in the production of dryland farming and that contamination caused by plastic film residue is a serious hazard for crop growth and soil health. In the past few years, Dr. He has undertaken and participated in more than 10 projects related to agricultural plastic film research including programs for the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese National Programs for High Technology Research and Development and National Science and technology support programs, etc. He has also published 57 papers (14 papers are included in SCI/EI as the first author or corresponding author) and 3 books as chief editor and received four provincial-level Scientific and Technological Progress Awards.