Zhu Qingshi

Zhu Qingshi FRSC (born 7 February 1946) is a Chinese physical chemist and writer. He is the former president of the University of Science and Technology of China (1998-2008), and the founding president of Southern University of Science and Technology (2009-2014).

Zhu Qingshi was a descendant of the imperial family of the Ming dynasty and the twentieth descendant of Zhu Chun, Prince of Shu, the eleventh son of Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Qingshi's family settled in Bailuchang Township, Peng County, after the fall of the Ming, and they are local prominent families.

Life and career
1946. Zhu was born in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

1963. Graduated from Huaxi Secondary School in Chengdu (originally called Chengdu 13th School), China.

1968. Graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China with a degree in physics.

1991. Elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

1994. Became chief of its Laboratory of Bond Selective Chemistry.

1996. Appointed Vice-President of the University of Science and Technology of China.

1998. Appointed the President of the University of Science and Technology of China.

Honours

 * Academician Chinese Academy of Sciences
 * Honorary doctorate, Soka University of Japan
 * 1994 Thompson Memorial Award, Spectrochima Actas .