Professor Da-Wen Sun, BSc MSc PhD CEng FIEI FIAgE MRIA.
Professor Da-Wen Sun, UCD School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, continues to lead the world rankings in Agriculture Sciences, according to recent data released by the Essential Science Indicators (ESI) database of the Thomson Scientific from Thomson Reuters.
The data, released in July 2010 covers the period from 1 January 2000 – 30 April 2010; a total of 2,554 scientists are among the top one percent of the most cited scientists in the category of Agriculture Sciences (ISI Web of Science), and Prof Sun is at the top the list, ranked at 31.
Covering a multidisciplinary selection of more than 11,000 high-quality international scholarly journals from around the world, Essential Science Indicators rankings are based on a selection of the most cited scientists, institutions, countries, and journals in a ten-year period.
Professor Sun is a world authority in food engineering research and education. He has edited 10 authoritative books and published over 500 papers, including more than 200 peer-reviewed journal papers. In recognition of his significant contribution to food engineering worldwide and for his outstanding leadership in the field, the International Commission of Agricultural Engineering (CIGR) awarded him the CIGR Merit Award in 2000 and 2006. In 2008 he was presented with the CIGR Recognition Award and in 2010 he received the CIGR Fellow Award, which is the highest honour and is conferred to individuals who have made sustained, outstanding contributions world-wide.
