Academicians

Chen Ruyu, female, was born in September, 1919. She has been teaching and doing research work on the synthesis of organic phosphorus compounds and pesticide chemistry. She has developed "Huangcaoling", "Yanmaidi No. 2" and other herbicides. Her "Herbicide No. 1" and plant growth regulator No. 7841 were manufactured by cooperating with a chemical factory and were granted a national-level patent. She is the first in China who studied the quantum relationship between the structure and the activity of organic phosphorus herbicides. She also developed phosphoramidothioate which was a superb herbicide. These achievements have won her several awards, such as the 2nd Prize of National Natural Science Award, the 1st-, 2nd- and 3rd-Prize of Science and Technology Progress by the Ministry of Education, to name just a few. She has published 6 books and more than 300 academic papers. She was elected member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.

Cheng Jinpei, male, born in 1948, physical organic chemist, was elected as Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Academician of the Third World Academy of Sciences in 2001. He was appointed the vice-president of Nankai University from 1995 to 2001, and Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Committee in 2000. He is also a member of the Disciplinary Appraisal Panel under the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, a member of the Committee of National Natural Science Fundation of China, the Secretary-General of National Prize Committee, the Deputy Director of Chinese Chemistry Society, a member of the Presidium of Chinese Academy of Sciences, a member of the Standing Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Vice-Chairman of the Central Committee of China Zhi Gong Party. He is also a consultative editor of Accounts of Chemical Research, associate editor-in-chief of Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, editor of Science in China. He has assumed many important research projects funded by the National Natural Science Fund. So far he has published more than 150 influential academic papers, which are frequently cited by academia at home and abroad.

Ge Molin, theoretical physicist, is a member of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was born in Beijing, 1938. He studied physics in Lanzhou University and got his B.A. in 1961. Then he continued his study on theoretical physics in Lanzhou University and got his M.A in 1965. He is now a professor and doctoral advisor in Nankai University, and Deputy Director of Nankai Institute of Mathematics. He is a member of the subcommittee of Physics and Astronomy under the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, and a member of the General Committee of Theoretical Physics Center of Asia Pacific Region. He is also a member of the editor committees of four international journals, i.e. JMP, Stat. Mech, Rev. math.Phys. and Knot Theory. In the early period of his academic endeavor, he concentrated on the study of Theory of Elementary Particle and Theory of General Relativity. Later his interest shifted to the study of the integrability and infinite dimensional algebraic structure of Yang-Mills gauge field theory, the system of Yang-Baxter, quantum group and its physical effect and utilization, and the new approaches in processing quantum multi-body model. He endeavors to develop theoretical physics through cross-disciplinary studies of mathematics and physics. He has published 150 papers, and co-authored 4 monographs,.He has won the Prize for Great Achievement in the First National Science Conference, the 3rd Prize of National Natural Science Award, 1st Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress by the Ministry of Education (twice), 2nd for Scientific and Technological Progress by the Ministry of Education (twice), Golden Globe Prize for Devoting to Teaching, Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress, and 2nd-class National Prize for Teaching Achievement, etc.

He Binglin, male, was born a native of Panyu, Guangdong Province in August, 1918. He graduated from Southwestern Associated University in 1942 and got his Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1952. His research fields include: the synthesis, structure, performance and utilization of ion exchange resins and absorption resins; the synthesis, structure, performance of bio-medical materials and their utilization in blood purification and control release; the synthesis, structure, performance and utilization of macromolecule resin catalysts. He has published more than 700 papers and edited Ion Exchange and Absorption Resins. He has won more than 30 awards, among which include the 2nd Prize of National Natural Science Award (1987), International Co-operation Award by Japanese Macromolecule Scientific Association (1996), Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress (1999), DuPont Award for Science and Technology Innovation (2000), and Tianjin Award for Scientific and Technological Achievement (2004). He was elected member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.

Li Zhengming, male, was born in January, 1931. He does research and teach in the field of organic chemistry and pesticide chemistry. He has already published more than 386 papers, 26 technical conference reports, compiled and co-compiled 4 books, and applied for 8 patents. His scientific research achievements have won him such awards as the 2nd Prize of National Natural Science Award, 1st Prize of National Scientific and Technological Progress, and 8 awards from different ministries. In the year of 1990, he was awarded the title of "National Young Experts with Outstanding Contributions". In 1995, he was awarded an Honorary Prize for Foreign Scientist on the 20th Anniversary Celebration of Japanese Farm Chemical Society. In 1995, he was elected as academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Now he is a senior fellow of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

Rao Zihe, President of Nankai University, molecular bio-physician, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences as well as member of the Third World Academy of Sciences, mainly works on protein structure, function and innovative medicine related to vital virus and tumor. So far he has published over 180 academic papers on many well-known and influential international journals. Due to his great contributions to the development of molecular bio-physics, he has been awarded the Truth-seeking Prize for Outstanding Young Scholar, Science and Technology Prize of Ho Leung Ho Lee Fund, Chen Jiageng Science Prize, Trieste Science Prize, etc. He is also granted the title of Yangtse River Scholar and specially-invited Professor,

Mu Guoguang, male, was born in Jinxi of Liaoning province in Jan, 1931. He is engaged in scientific research and teaching of optics and applied optics for many years, and has made quite a few innovative achievements in the research field of optical system design, Fu Liye optics application, white light optic information processing, color recovery of fade film, storage of colorful image file, and color photography in use of black-and-white film. He has won several national prizes, and made great contribution to the development of optic information processing as a discipline in our country. At present, he mainly works on the applied research of transpatiotemporal high resolving-power imaging, nonlinear spectral imaging, diffractive micro-optics to spacial optics and biomedical optics. In 1991, he was elected as academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and then member of the Third World Academy of Sciences in 1994. He has published over 150 academic papers in international and national academic periodicals on optics, with Optics as his representative work.

Shen Panwen, male, born in Sep.1916, has undertaken long-term research on abiochemistry and metal hydride chemistry, and created a unique chemical method to synthesize a series of ionic metal hydride and hydrogen storing alloy, on the basis of which he develops reversible battery of nickel and metal hydride. He continues to make new achievements and has founded the Institute of New Energy Chemistry of Materials of Nankai University. In the late twenty years, he has devoted himself to the reform of basic chemical curricular system, and has played a leading role in compiling the book series Modern chemistry teaching materials of Nankai University. He has won for many times the National Science and Technology Progress Prize, the first Prize for National-level Teaching Achievements, and Excellent College Teaching Material Prize by the Ministry of Education. In 1980, he was elected as academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.