Yu Zhigang (academic administrator)

Zhigang earned a Bachelor of Science degree in applied chemistry from Tsinghua University in 1985, a Master of Science in applied chemistry from Nanjing Tech University in 1988, and a PhD in marine chemistry from the Ocean University of China in 1999.^[1]

Zhigang has spent his career at the Ocean University of China, working as an assistant professor, associate professor, research fellow, and tenured professor in the College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering.^[1] He became president of Ocean University on July 14, 2014, succeeding Wu Dexing. In his role, Zhigang concurrently serves as the party chief of the university's Chinese Communist Party branch.^[2]

As president, Zhigang traveled and visited the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute to establish partnerships with Ukrainian academic institutions.^[3]