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Chu, Jianxun (Jackson)

Associate Professor, University of Science and Technology of China


Dr. Chu is currently an associate professor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), and a member of the International Communication Association, and the Committee of System Dynamics in Systems Engineering Society of China. At the age of 27, Jianxun was the youngest principal investigator for several academic projects of the National Science Foundation of China, the National Social Science Foundation of China, and the fund of “President’s Prize” of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. While at the Ash Institute, his research will focus on crisis communication policy during large disasters along with knowledge sharing in collaborative social networks, especially for organizational communication in complex systems. He holds a Ph.D. in management science and engineering from USTC, in Hefei, China.

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