HU Chunhong (胡春宏), Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, is an expert in sediment transport and river training. He is currently the vice president of IWHR, and the deputy director and secretary general of International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation (IRTCES).

Education
    - 1978-1982: (Bachelor's degree) School of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, Wuhan University
    - 1982-1985: (Master's degree) Department of Hydraulic and Hydropower Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University
    - 1986-1989: (Doctoral degree) Department of Hydraulic and Hydropower Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University

Awards
    - 2002: Third Grade, Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award: Feasibility Study on Dredging and Regulation of Guanting Reservoir
    - 1998: China Youth Science and Technology Prize
    - 1998: Second Grade, Science and Technology Progress Award, Ministry of Water Resources: Evolution Patterns and Regulation of Yellow River Estuary
    - 1998: Second Grade, Science and Technology Progress Award, Ministry of Water Resources: Fundamental Rules of River Course Evolution of Lower Yellow River
    - 1996: 4th Qianning Sediment Sciences Prize