杨惠根，博士，中国极地研究中心研究员、中国-北欧北极研究中心主任、英文刊《极地科学进展》主编、《空间科学学报》副主编。1992年获武汉大学理学博士，1992–1994年在日本南极昭和站从事极光观测，1996–1997年在京都大学理学部做访问学者，1998–2000年在日本国立极地研究所JSPS从事博士后研究。曾任中国极地研究中心主任（2008–2020）、国际北极科学委员会副主席（2012–2020）以及第四次国际极地年（IPY）中国行动计划首席科学家，曾任中国南极/北极科学考察队领队、首席科学家，建立了中国北极黄河站、南极昆仑站和中国ー冰岛联合极光观测台，带领“雪龙”号首次穿越了北极东北航道。

Dr. Huigen YANG serves as research professor of the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC) , Director of the China-Nordic Arctic Research Center (CNARC)，and Editor-in-Chief of the English journal Advances in Polar Science and vice Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of Space Science.

He obtained his PhD. on space physics at Wuhan University in China in 1992 and JSPS Postdoctor fellowship at National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) on dayside auroras in Japan in 1998–2000. As an exchange scientist based on the Antarctic Treaty, Dr. YANG wintered at Japanese Syowa Station for aurora observation in 1992–1994. He was the first station leader of the Chinese Yellow River Station at Ny Alesund, Svalbard, and initiated the China-Iceland Joint Aurora Observatory (CIAO) in North Iceland. Dr. YANG served as the leader and/or chief scientist of the Chinese National Antarctic/Arctic Research Expeditions and commanded the establishment of the Kunlun Station on the Antarctic Dome A and R/V Xuelong’s crossing over the North-East Passage for the first time of a Chinese vessel. During the 2007–2008 International Polar Year (IPY), Dr. Yang implemented the IPY China Program as the chief scientist. He was the Director General of PRIC (2008–2000) and the vice president of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) during 2012–2020.