Recon Technology, Ltd. announced that Dr. Yonggang Duan has been appointed to its Board of Directors as an independent director, effective March 19, 2020. Dr. Duan is currently a researcher and doctoral supervisor, a third level professor and the director of the Oil Well Completion Technology Center at the School of Petroleum Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University. First graduated in 1984 major in oil recovery engineering, Dr. Duan got his master's degree in 1988 and the Ph.D. degree in 2009 both major in oil and gas field development engineering from Southwest Petroleum University. Long engaging in teaching and scientific research in the field of oil and gas field development engineering and well completion, focusing on the research work on oil and gas reservoirs dynamic analysis, well testing and completion, Dr. Duan has won several awards and titles including outstanding experts with outstanding contributions in Sichuan Province, experts in oil and gas safety in Sichuan Province, and candidates for academic and technical leadership in Sichuan Province. Duan has published more than 60 journals, including 20 SCI journals, 23 EI journals, and serval CSCD journals. He has participated in the writing of 4 monographs and 2 textbooks, both "Oil and Gas Layer Protection Technology" and "Reservoir Physics" have been listed as planning textbooks by the Ministry of Education. Dr. Duan was in charge of the National 973 Project "high-efficiency shale gas development technology -research on the theory and interpretation method of shale gas horizontal well fracturing test", a national 863 project, 4 national major oil and gas projects, 10 other provincial and ministerial level projects. Dr. Duan has won 5 provincial and ministerial science and technology progress awards, including the first, the second and the third prizes.