Qiu Yong
Qiu Yong | |
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邱勇 | |
President of Tsinghua University | |
Assumed office March 2015 | |
Preceded by | Chen Jining |
Personal details | |
Born | Rong County, Sichuan, China | July 28, 1964
Political party | Communist Party of China |
Alma mater | Tsinghua University |
Qiu Yong (Chinese: 邱勇; pinyin: Qiū Yǒng; born 28 July 1964) is a Chinese chemist. He is the current president of Tsinghua University.[1][2][3][4] Qiu is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Biography[]
Qiu was born and raised in Rong County, Sichuan. He entered Tsinghua University in September 1983, majoring in chemistry and chemical engineering and graduated in July 1988. He received his PhD in 1994, and subsequently joined the faculty.[1]
Qiu served as director of the Department of Chemistry and deputy dean of the School of Sciences, Tsinghua University. He served as vice president in December 2009, and in March 2015 he became president of Tsinghua University.[5]
He was honored as a Distinguished Young Scholar by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Chinese: 国家杰出青年科学基金) in 2003.
He was awarded as a Chang Jiang Scholar by the Chinese Ministry of Education in 2006.
He was elected as a fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2013.
Award[]
- 2011 First Award for National Technical Invention
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "State Council Appoints Dr. Qiu Yong President of Tsinghua University". Tsinghua University. 2015-03-26. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
- ^ "The new president of Tsinghua University Qiu Yong: To learn to endure "wide pine"". Fireinews. 2015-03-26. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
- ^ "新一轮大学换帅密集进行 谁在执掌"985""211"?(全文)". 163.com (in Chinese). 2015-03-27. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
- ^ "清华北航浙大3所高校同日换校长 均为校内提拔". China.com (in Chinese). 2015-03-27. Archived from the original on 2015-03-31.
- ^ Chen Meina (2015-03-27). "State Council Appoints Dr. Qiu Yong President of Tsinghua University". China Social Sciences. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Chemists from Sichuan
- Educators from Sichuan
- Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- People from Zigong
- Presidents of Tsinghua University
- Tsinghua University alumni