Xie Zuowei

Xie Zuowei (Chinese: 谢作伟; born January 1964) is a Chinese chemist and the dean of Faculty of Science, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is a member of the China Chemical Society.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xie.
Xie Zuowei
BornJanuary 1964 (age 57)
Cangnan, Zhejiang, China
Alma materZhejiang University
University of Southern California
Scientific career
FieldsOrganometallic chemistry
InstitutionsChinese University of Hong Kong
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese謝作偉
Simplified Chinese谢作伟

Education

Xie was born in Cangnan County, Zhejiang in January 1964.[1] He secondary studied at Lingxi High School.[2] After the resumption of college entrance examination, he entered Hangzhou University (now Zhejiang University), where he graduated in July 1983. He received his master's degree and doctor's degree from Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1986 and 1990, respectively. He did post-doctoral research at the University of Southern California from 1991 to 1995.[3]

Career

In 1995 he joined the faculty of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and was promoted to full professor in 2002. He is now the dean of Faculty of Science, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Honours and awards
  • 1997 State Natural Science Award (Third Class)
  • 2001 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
  • November 2017 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

References
  1. Wang Liang (王亮) (29 November 2017). 四位温籍学者谢作伟、吴朝晖、滕锦光、沈志勋新晋中科院院士 他们与家乡有绕不开的情愫. Wenzhou News (in Chinese). Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  2. 苍南灵溪人谢作伟当选新一届中科院院士. Sohu (in Chinese). 28 November 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  3. "Xie Zuowei". Chinese Academy of Sciences (in Chinese). 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
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