Li Yanrong
李言荣
President of Sichuan University
Assumed office
December 2017
Personal details
BornJuly 1961 (age 62)
Shehong, Sichuan, China
Alma materSichuan Normal University,
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Li Yanrong is a Chinese chemist and materials scientist who is currently the President of Sichuan University. Previously, he was President of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC).[1] He is a chemical and materials engineer.

Early life

Li was born in Shehong, Suining, Sichuan province in 1961. He graduated with a PhD degree from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China in 1992. From 1978 - 1983, he studied his undergraduate degree at Sichuan Normal University, China in chemistry.

Career

In 1993, he joined UESTC as a faculty member. From 1998 - 2001, he became Dean of the School of Material Engineering. Thereafter, he became Dean of the School of Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics. From 2013 - 2017, he became President of UESTC.[2] Since December 2017, he has been the President of Sichuan University, China. In 2019, he was appointed the President of Sichuan Association of Science and Technology.[3]

Awards

Li was elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2011.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Academician Li Yanrong Appointed New President of Sichuan University, 2017".
  2. ↑ "Welcome Delegation from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, UNSW, Australia".
  3. ↑ "SCU President Yanrong Li Has Become President of Sichuan Association for Science and Technology, April 2019".
  4. ↑ "Prof. Li Yanrong Becomes CAE Member, 2011".
  5. ↑ "Li Yanrong, Chinese Academy of Engineering".
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