Professor Chi Lifeng Elected as a foreign Academician of the Acadamia Europaea

The Acadamia Europaea is the "National Academy of Sciences" and statutory scientific advisor of the European Union. It was jointly initiated by the Royal Society of Britain and the national academies of European countries and was established in 1988. According to the official website of the Acadamia Europaea, as of August 29, 2020, there are totally 4,381 academicians in the Acadamia Europaea and 43 of them are Chinese scholars.  (https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Acad_Main/List_of_Members

 

Professor Chi's scientific research focuses on the field of surface and interface molecular science, especially the research on the regulation mechanism of molecular assembly and reaction, and has achieved a series of original and internationally influential results. Her important academic contribution lies in revealing the laws of molecular assembly and single bond reactions, and gaining new understanding of surface physical and chemical processes from the single-molecule level.


 

 

Professor Chi obtained a bachelor's degree from the Department of Physics of Jilin University in 1982, a master's degree from the Department of Chemistry of Jilin University in 1985, and a doctorate degree from the Department of Chemistry of the University of G?ttingen, Germany in 1989. From 1990 to 1993, she did post-doctoral research in the Department of Chemistry of the University of Mainz and BASF in Germany. She was qualified as a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Münster in Germany in 2000 and was promoted to professor in 2004. Professor Chi joined the Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Matter of Soochow University in 2012. Her research work is concentrated in the field of surface and interface molecular science, and she has achieved a series of original and internationally influential results. Up to now, she has published more than 420 SCI search papers in journals including Science, Nature, etc. and has obtained more than 10 authorized patents. In 2016, she won the American ACS Nano Lectureship Award, and in 2017, she won the IUPAC Outstanding Women in Chemistry and Chemical Industry Award.