43rd IUPAC Council Meeting
Nominee for Bureau
Chunli Bai
(China)
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Chunli Bai
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Professor Chunli Bai is the president of the Chinese Chemical Society
and executive vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Bai’s
research has involved molecular nanostructures and nanotechnology, scanning
probe microscopy, and molecular self-assembly on the liquid and solid
interfaces.
Education and Career
In 1978, Bai graduated from the department of chemistry, Beijing University.
He received his M.S. in 1981 and Ph.D. in 1985 from the Institute of
Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). From 1991 to 1992,
he was a visiting professor at Tohoku University in Japan. He performed
postdoctoral research from 1985–1987 at the California Institute
of Technology. He is an academician of CAS and a fellow of the Third
World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). He has more than 300 research papers
to his credit, and has authored 11 monographs and several book chapters
either in English or in Chinese.
IUPAC Involvement
Bai has been an elected member of the IUPAC Bureau since 2002 and a
member of the Executive Committee since 2004.
Related Professional Activities
Bai is chief scientist of the National Steering Committee for NanoScience
and Nanotechnology, director of China National Center for Nanoscience
and Technology, president of Graduate University of the Chinese Academy
of Sciences, vice-president of the China Association for Science and
Technology, vice-president of the Western Returned Scholars Association,
vice-president of the Chinese Materials Research Society, and president
of the Chinese Association for Young Scientists and Technicians. In
addition, he serves as a member of the Academic Degrees Committee of
the State Council.
Awards and Honors
Bai is a recipient of the “International Medal” given by the
London-based Society of the Chemical Industry and the TWAS 2002 Medal
Lecture in Chemical Sciences. As a project leader, Bai has won more
than 10 national, CAS-awarded, or ministerial prizes. He has received
the titles of “National Advanced Worker,” “Young and
Middle-Aged Specialists with Outstanding Contributions to the Country,”
and “Top 10 Outstanding Youths in China.” He also has won
National Awards for Young Chinese Scientists, Awards for Outstanding
Young Scholars conferred by Hong Kong’s Qiu Shi S&T Foundation,
and Awards for Outstanding Chinese Visiting Scholars from the Hong Kong
Polytechnic University.
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