中文摘要：

赵焕庭研究员从事地球科学·海洋科学的研究工作已近60年,学生时期师从曾昭璇等名师学习地质地貌理论及如何进行野外考察,工作多年来勤于野外考察,致力创新,成果累累,在珠江河口演变、华南海岸动力地貌、华南海岸和南海诸岛珊瑚礁研究等方面有较大学术贡献。近年来,赵先生陆续参加了国家重大科学咨询项目和有关科技项目的研究,出版专著《广东徐闻西岸珊瑚礁》及主编《接收南沙群岛——卓振雄和麦蕴瑜论著集》,参与多部著作的编写,并撰写了一批有关南海珊瑚礁的形成机制、地貌模型、灰沙岛透镜体和人工岛建造的论文。近年来,他经常接受各媒体采访,将其多次南沙科考经历和南沙的古今公之于众,藉此保护南海主权,传播南海正能量。古稀之年的赵先生在77、78岁仍分别获广东省和国家科技进步奖,充分地诠释其＂与海结缘,永不懈怠＂的精神。

英文摘要：

Research Professor Zhao Huanting has been engaged in scientific researches on earth science and marine science for 60 years. Being a college student, he learned from Prof. Zeng Zhaoxuan about the knowledge of geology and geomorphology and the methods of field investigation. As a researcher, he is diligent in field work and committed to innovation. In recent years, Zhao Huanting continues to participate in several national key science consulting projects and science-technology research. He published the books of Coral reefs in the west bank of Xuwen in Guangdong Province and served as the editor in chief of Receiving the Nansha Islands-the papers ofZhuo Zhenxiong and Mai Yunyu, while writing some academic papers and books. He also finished some research papers about coral reefs on the formation mechanism, the morphological model, the fresh-water lens in lime-sand islands and building of artificial islands. Zhao was awarded the Guangdong Provincial and National Prizes for progress in Science and Technology, respectively, in 2012 and 2014.