Su Qiang (simplified Chinese: 苏锵; traditional Chinese: 蘇鏘; pinyin: Sū Qiāng; Wade–Giles: Su Ch'iang; 1931–2017) was a Chinese inorganic chemist. A pioneer in rare earth research and applications, he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1995.[1]
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| Born | July 15, 1931 |
| Died | February 17, 2017 (aged 85) Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
| Alma mater | Sun Yat-sen University Peking University (Tianjin University) |
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| Fields | Rare earth elements |
| Institutions | Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS Sun Yat-sen University |
Su enrolled at Sun Yat-sen University in 1948, he transferred to Department of Chemical Engineering (which is a part of Tianjin University nowadays), Peking University two years later, and graduated in 1952. Then he went to Changchun, and became a professor there in 1983. He taught at Sun Yat-Sen University since 1999.
Su was the Chairman of the Second International Conference on the Spectra of Rare Earth Elements, and a Committee Member of the Third and Sixth International Conferences on f-elements.[2]
References
edit- ^ "沉痛悼念苏锵院士". Sun Yat-sen University (in Chinese).
- ^ "Su Qiang". Sun Yat-Sen University.