The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN), Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Systems Design Engineering present a Distinguished Lecture by Professor Chunli Bai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Lecture:
3:00-4:00pm
Reception
to
follow.
Professor
Bai
will
provide
an
overview
of
nano
science
and
technology
development
in
China,
including
the
national
strategy,
funding
resources
and
most
recent
research
achievements
across
the
nano
R&D
spectrum,
from
fundamental
research
to
applications.
Prof.
Bai
will
also
present
the
challenges
ahead
and
the
future
planning
of
China
and
CAS
in
the
area
of
nano
S&T.
Biography
Professor Chunli Bai, a globally renowned chemist and leading scientist in nanoscience, is the President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He is also the President of the Presidium of the Academic Divisions of CAS, and the President of The World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries (TWAS). Professor Bai graduated from the Department of Chemistry, Peking University, in 1978 and received his MSc and PhD degrees from the CAS Institute of Chemistry in 1981 and 1985, respectively. From 1985 to 1987, he worked with the US California Institute of Technology in the field of physical chemistry as a post-doctoral associate and visiting scholar. After returning to China in 1987, he continued his research at the CAS Institute of Chemistry. From 1991 to 1992, he worked as a visiting professor at Tohoku University in Japan. His research areas include the structure and properties of polymer catalysts, X-ray crystallography of organic compounds, molecular mechanics and EXAFS research on electroconducting polymers. In the mid-1980s, he shifted his research to the fields of scanning tunneling microscopy and molecular nanotechnology.
Professor
Bai
serves
as
the
Chief
Scientist
for
the
National
Steering
Committee
for
Nanoscience
and
Technology
and
was
the
Founding
Director
of
China
National
Center
for
Nanoscience
and
Technology.
Moreover,
he
is
a
Member
of
the
International
Editorial
Advisory
Board
of
JACS,
Angewandte
Chemie,
Advanced
Materials
and
Chemical
Physics
Letters.