Zhang Xi (chemist)

Zhang Xi
张希
President of Jilin University
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 December 2018
Preceded by	Li Yuanyuan
Personal details
Born	December 1965 (age 58) Benxi, Liaoning, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Jilin University
Scientific career
Fields	Polymer chemistry
Institutions	Jilin University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	张希
Traditional Chinese	張希
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Xī

Zhang Xi (Chinese: 张希; born December 1965) is a Chinese chemist and the current president of Jilin University. He is a chemist and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Early life

Zhang was born in Benxi, Liaoning in 1986, he received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Jilin University. He then received his masters and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry from the same university in 1989 and 1992 respectively.

Career

Zhang became a lecturer at Jilin University from 1993 to 1994. From 1994 to 2003, he became a professor of chemistry at the same university. Since 2003, he has been a professor of chemistry at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. He then became associate dean of the faculty of science at the university. In 2018, he became the president of Jilin University.

Awards

Zhang was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2007. He was awarded "Fellow" of the University of Tokyo in 2013.