Yu Jihong
Chinese chemist
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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 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 59) | ||||||
| Party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Education | Jilin University (BS, MS, PhD) | ||||||
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| 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 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
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 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
- 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]