Qiu Yong (; born 28 July 1964) is a Chinese chemist. He is the current party secretary of Tsinghua University. Qiu is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Early life and education

Qiu was born and raised in Rong County,

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

. Qiu received a bachelor of science and a doctor of science in chemistry from Tsinghua University in 1988 and 1994, respectively.

Career

After the completion of his doctorate, Qiu joined Tsinghua University as a faculty member. Qiu served as director of the Department of Chemistry and deputy dean of the School of Sciences,

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 ...

. He served as vice president in December 2009, and in March 2015 he became

president of Tsinghua University The president of Tsinghua University is the chief administrator of Tsinghua University, a national public research university in Beijing, China. After 1992, each president of Tsinghua University is appointed by and is responsible to the Central Co ...

. He was honored as a Distinguished Young Scholar by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars () in 2003. He was awarded as a

Chang Jiang Scholar The Changjiang (Yangtze River) Scholar award (), is the highest academic award issued to an individual in higher education by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It is also known as the Cheung Kong Scholar and the Yangtze ...

by the

Chinese Ministry of Education The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China is a cabinet-level department under the State Council responsible for basic education, vocational education, higher education, and other educational affairs across the country. The Min ...

in 2006. He was elected as a fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2013. In February 2022, he was appointed party secretary of Tsinghua University.

Award

* 2011 First Award for National Technical Invention

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Qiu, Yong 1964 births Living people Chemists from Sichuan Educators from Sichuan Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences People from Zigong Presidents of Tsinghua University Tsinghua University alumni