Regional Distribution Atlas of the “Academicians Cluster” in the Chemical Field: Which Region Leads the Way? – South China Region

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There are a total of 8 academicians from South China, including 4 from Guangdong Province and 4 from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Chen Xiaoming from Guangdong Province: An inorganic chemist who mainly conducts research in the fields of complex supramolecular chemistry and crystal engineering. Born in Jieyang, Guangdong in October 1961. Graduated from the Department of Chemistry at Sun Yat-sen University in 1983, obtained a master’s degree from the same university in 1986, and received a doctorate from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1992. Elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009. Chen Xinzhi: Organic chemist, mainly engaged in research on chiral catalytic ligands and asymmetric synthesis. Born on October 30, 1950, in Taishan, Guangdong. Graduated from the Department of Chemistry at Tokyo International Christian University in Japan in 1975, and obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in the United States in 1979. Elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2001. He Guozhong: Physical chemist. Mainly engaged in research on molecular reaction dynamics. Born on May 5, 1933, in Nanhai, Guangdong. Graduated in 1955 from the Department of Petrochemical Machinery at Beijing Petroleum Institute. In 1991, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Li Lemin: A physical inorganic chemist who initially focused on coordination chemistry and extraction chemistry, and after 1977 primarily engaged in theoretical research. Born on December 6, 1935, in Dianbai, Guangdong. Graduated from the Department of Technical Physics at Peking University in 1959, and completed his postgraduate studies in the same department there in 1965. In 1991, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Huang Naizheng, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Organic chemist, mainly engaged in research on organic synthesis. Born in Hong Kong on November 25, 1950. Graduated from the Department of Chemistry at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1973, obtained a Ph.D. in Philosophy from London College in the UK in 1976, and received a Ph.D. in Science from the University of London in 1994. Elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1999. McSweeney: Structural chemist. Mainly engaged in research in the fields of supramolecular chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and crystal engineering. Born in Hong Kong in October 1936. Graduated from ***University of British Columbia in 1960. Received a doctorate from this university in 1963. Elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2001. Ren Yonghua: Inorganic chemist. Mainly engaged in the design and synthesis of new organic light-emitting molecular materials and chemical sensor complexes. Born in Hong Kong on February 10, 1963. Graduated from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Hong Kong in 1985, and obtained a doctorate from the same university in 1988. Elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2001. Zhi Ming Zhi: Inorganic chemist who has been engaged in fundamental research in inorganic chemistry for a long time. Born in Hong Kong on September 7, 1957. He obtained a bachelor’s degree from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Hong Kong in 1978, and a doctorate from the same institution in 1982. Elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1995.