Wenzhou-Kean University Chancellor WANG Li named Foreign Academician of The Russian Academy of Engineering

WENZHOU, China, April 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, WKU Chancellor Dr. WANG Li was named Foreign Academician of The Russian Academy of Engineering to honor his tremendous contribution to the field of macromolecule materials.

The Russian Academy of Engineering is the most comprehensive and essential academic institution in the Russian engineering field. The first president of this institution is Prokhorov, a renowned Russian scientist and Nobel Prize winner. At present, over 1,500 academicians are registered to the Russian Academy of Engineering members, including more than 100 foreign academicians such as outstanding scientists Xu Kuangdi, former president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Zhai Yusheng, academicians of China University of Geosciences.

Wang Li, chancellor, Wenzhou-Kean University

Wang Li gained his PhD at Zhejiang University. After the completion of his post-doctoral research at the University of Waterloo in Canada, Dr Wang returned to China. He is a Qiushi Distinguished Professor and a postdoctoral supervisor at Zhejiang University, a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and has been granted the special government allowances of the state council. He was previously a visiting professor of Yale University, the University of Washington, and the University of California, Irvine. In February 2019, Dr Wang was appointed chancellor of Wenzhou-Kean University.

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