Yu Jihong
Yu Jihong | |||||||
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于吉红 | |||||||
| President of Beijing Normal University | |||||||
| Assumed office 30 April 2024 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Ma Jun | ||||||
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| Born | January 1967 (age 57) Anshan, Liaoning, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Jilin University | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Inorganic materials | ||||||
| Institutions | Jilin University | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 于吉红 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 于吉紅 | ||||||
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Yu Jihong (Chinese: 于吉红; born January 1967) is a Chinese chemist and politician who is a professor at Jilin University, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Yu was a delegate to the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and serves as a member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Biography
[edit]Yu was born in Anshan, Liaoning, in January 1967, while her ancestral home in Feicheng, Shandong.[1] She earned a bachelor's degree in 1989, a master's degree in 1992, and a doctor's degree in 1995, all in chemistry and all from Jilin University.[1] She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 1996 to 1997 and Tohoku University from 1997 to 1998.[citation needed]
Starting 1995, she worked at Jilin University, where she was promoted to associate professor in 1997 and to full professor in 1999.[1]
On 30 April 2024, she rose to become president of Beijing Normal University, a position at vice-ministerial level.[1] In October 2022, she was elected as an alternate member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[2][3] In July 2024, the 3rd plenary session of the 20th Central Committee promoted her as a member of the Central Committee.[4]
Honors and awards
[edit]- December 2015 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- November 2016 Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)[5]
- July 2019 Foreign Member of the Acadamia Europaea[6]
- 2021 Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences[7]
- 2021 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation
- 2022 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Sun Zhicheng (孙志成); Gai Yuanyuan (盖源源) (30 April 2024). 于吉红，出任新职，为副部长级！. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ Fu Zhongming (符仲明) (25 September 2022). 中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会代表名单. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ Xu Kun (徐锟) (22 October 2022). 中国共产党第二十届中央委员会候补委员名单（171名）. Chinadaily (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "中国共产党第二十届中央委员会第三次全体会议公报" [Communiqué of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China]. Xinhua News Agency. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ 十位内地学者当选发展中国家科学院院士. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). 16 November 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ 吉林大学于吉红教授当选欧洲科学院外籍院士. Jilin University (in Chinese). 5 July 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ 吉林大学于吉红教授当选瑞典皇家科学院外籍院士. Jilin University (in Chinese). 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- People from Anshan
- Scientists from Liaoning
- Chinese chemists
- Jilin University alumni
- Academic staff of Jilin University
- Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Alternate members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- People's Republic of China politicians from Liaoning
- Chinese Communist Party politicians from Liaoning
- Delegates to the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party