Lin Jianhua Explained

Office1:President of Peking University
Term Start1:February 2015
Term End1:23 October 2018
Predecessor1:Wang Enge
Successor1:Hao Ping
Office2:President of Zhejiang University
Term Start2:June 2013
Term End2:February 2015
Predecessor2:Yang Wei
Successor2:Wu Zhaohui
Office3:President of Chongqing University
Term Start3:December 2010
Term End3:June 2013
Predecessor3:Li Xiaohong
Successor3:Zhou Xuhong
Lin Jianhua
Native Name:林建华
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Alma Mater:Peking University
Occupation:Chemist, educator

Lin Jianhua (; born October 1955) is a Chinese chemist who served as president of Peking University from 2015 to 2018.[1] Previously he was president of Chongqing University from December 2010 to June 2013, and president of Zhejiang University between June 2013 to February 2015.

Life and career

Lin was born and raised in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, with his ancestral home in Gaomi, Shandong.[2] During the Cultural Revolution, he taught at a school in Jalaid Banner, Inner Mongolia. He earned a doctorate in chemistry from Peking University in 1986. He studied at Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Iowa State University, and Ames Laboratory from 1988 to 1993.

Lin taught at Peking University since 1986, he became a professor at the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (CCME) in August 1995. In July 1997 he became deputy dean of the College of the CCME, rising to president in April 2001. He became the vice-president of Peking University in September 2002, executive vice-president of Peking University in December 2004.

He was honored as a Distinguished Young Scholar by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 1997.

In December 2010 he was promoted to become the president of Chongqing University, a position he held until June 2013. Then he was appointed the president of Zhejiang University, he remained in that position until February 2015, when he was transferred to Beijing and appointed the president of Peking University.

Notes and References

  1. News: Xu Liangdi . Lin Jianhua appointed new president of Peking University . Peking University . 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150317155002/http://english.pku.edu.cn/News_Events/News/Focus/11929.htm . 2015-03-17 .
  2. News: President: Lin Jianhua . Zhejiang University . 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150203094518/http://www.zju.edu.cn/english/redir.php?catalog_id=2321102 . 2015-02-03 .