Chen Jian (born 1 May 1962) is a Chinese engineer and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, formerly served as president of

Jiangnan University Jiangnan University (JiangnanU or JU; ) is a public research university located in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. It is a National Key University funded by the Double First Class University Plan and former Project 211, and is directly administered by the ...

from 2005 to 2020.

Biography

Chen was born in Wuxi County,

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...

, on 1 May 1962. In 1979, he attended

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (; abbreviation, abbr. THU) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Minis ...

, graduating in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering. He went on to receive his master's degree in 1986 and doctor's degree in 1990 at Wuxi Institute of Light Industry (now

) both in fermentation engineering. Since March 1990, he pursued advanced studies at

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and

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in Japan and Inha University in

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. He joined the faculty of Wuxi Institute of Light Industry in 1993, what he was promoted to deputy dean of the College of Bioengineering in 1995 and to vice president in 2001. In July 2005, he rose to become president of the university, and he held this post until 2020. He was honored as a Distinguished Young Scholar by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2006.

Honors and awards

* 2013 Science and Technology Innovation Award of the

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* 27 November 2017 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)

References

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