Zhou Qifeng
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Zhou Qifeng | |||||||||
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周其凤 | |||||||||
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| 10th President of Peking University | |||||||||
| In office November 2008 – March 2013 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Xu Zhihong | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Wang Enge | ||||||||
| President of Jilin University | |||||||||
| In office 2004–2008 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Wu Boda | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Zhan Tao | ||||||||
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| Born | November 20, 1947 Liuyang County, Hunan, China | ||||||||
| Party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||
| Alma mater | Peking University University of Massachusetts Amherst | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 周其鳳 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 周其凤 | ||||||||
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Zhou Qifeng (Chinese: 周其凤; born October 1947) is a Chinese chemist and academician who formerly served as 10th President of Peking University from 2008 to 2013.[1] He currently serves as Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering in the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at Peking University. He is also a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
At Peking, in 1995, he became executive vice-dean of the graduate school of Peking University and later as vice-provost of Peking University until 2001.[1][better source needed]
He was president of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) between 2018 and 2019[2] and member of Chinese Academy of Sciences.[1] He is also a deputy of National People's Congress of the People’s Republic of China.[3]
Zhou Qifeng was an undergraduate student in Peking University from 1965 to 1970, and became a faculty member immediately after his graduation in 1970.[1] He studied at University of Massachusetts Amherst and received an M.S. in 1981 and Ph.D. in 1983.[1] In 2010, he received an honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[4]
He was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1999.[1]
Books, research papers and journals
He has published a few internationally books and over 200 papers. Zhou has received many honors for both teaching and research.[5]
