Chen Jian (engineer)
Chen Jian | |||||||
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陈坚 | |||||||
| President of Jiangnan University | |||||||
| In office 2005 – May 2020 | |||||||
| Preceded by | ? | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Chen Wei | ||||||
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| Born | 1 May 1962 Wuxi County, Jiangsu, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University Jiangnan University | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Fermentation Light industry biotechnology | ||||||
| Institutions | Jiangnan University | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈坚 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 陳堅 | ||||||
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Chen Jian (born 1 May 1962) is a Chinese engineer and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, formerly served as president of Jiangnan University from 2005 to 2020.
Biography
[edit]Chen was born in Wuxi County, Jiangsu, on 1 May 1962.[1] In 1979, he attended Tsinghua University, graduating in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering. He went on to receive his master's degree in 1986 and doctor's degree in 1990 at Wuxi Institute of Light Industry (now Jiangnan University) both in fermentation engineering.[1] Since March 1990, he pursued advanced studies at Osaka University and Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan and Inha University in South Korea.[citation needed]
He joined the faculty of Wuxi Institute of Light Industry in 1993, what he was promoted to deputy dean of the College of Bioengineering in 1995 and to vice president in 2001. In July 2005, he rose to become president of the university, and he held this post until 2020.[2] He was honored as a Distinguished Young Scholar by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2006.[citation needed]
Honors and awards
[edit]- 2013 Science and Technology Innovation Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation
- 27 November 2017 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b 陈坚. cae.cn (in Chinese). 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ Qin Qin (秦秦) (13 May 2020). 陈卫任江南大学校长、党委副书记，陈坚不再担任. cnwest.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ Ding Xiao (丁晓), ed. (27 November 2017). 中国工程院产生67位新当选院士，比尔·盖茨当选外籍院士. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 27 September 2021.