School of Engineering News
Vice-President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences honoured at Warwick
As part of the University of Warwick’s summer graduation ceremonies, Professor Jinghai Li has been presented with an Honorary DSc Degree this week (Wed 20 July).
Professor Jinghai Li is Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and President of the Association of Academies of Science in Asia. He graduated from the Harbin Institute of Technology in 1982, and completed his PhD in 1987 at the Institute of Process Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing. After a period of post-doctoral research in New York and Switzerland, he returned to the Institute of Process Engineering in Beijing as assistant professor, ultimately rising to become director of the Institute.
His research focuses on the establishment of multi-scale methodology for multi-phase complex systems, and the application of computer simulation on scaling up chemical reactors. In 1989 and 1995 he was awarded National Science Prizes. Professor Li was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1999, and became Vice-President in 2004. In 2009 he was awarded an honorary fellowship of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) in recognition of his contribution to chemical engineering science and to international exchange among the chemical engineering community.
On Wednesday 20th July, he spent time at the School of Engineering meeting with key members of the department to talk about ongoing work and potential areas of collaboration.
Professor Li is pictured with Professor Bob Critoph, Research Theme Leader for Energy.