Yu Dequan Explained

Yu Dequan
Native Name:于德泉
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:22 October 1932
Birth Place:Penglai County, Shandong, China
Death Place:Beijing, China
Fields:Natural pharmaceutical chemistry
Workplaces:Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Alma Mater:Peking University Health Science Center
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Yu Dequan (; 22 October 1932 – 31 December 2022) was a Chinese pharmaceutical chemist, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Biography

Yu was born into a family of farming background in Penglai County (now Penglai District), Shandong, on 22 October 1932.[1]

In 1947, he became a worker at the Xinhua Pharmaceutical Factory under the Department of Health of Jiaodong Military Region. In 1952, he was accepted to Beijing Medical College (now Peking University Health Science Center), where he majored in pharmaceutical chemistry. After graduating in 1956, he was despatched to the Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Between 1980 and 1981, he studied at the Institute of Natural Material Chemistry, French Academy of Sciences.

On 31 December 2022, he died in Beijing, at the age of 90.[2] [3]

Honours and awards

Notes and References

  1. News: https://www.cae.cn/cae/html/main/colys/68100769.html . zh:于德泉 . cae.cn . 12 August 2008 . 2 January 2023 . zh.
  2. News: https://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/discovery/2023-01-01/doc-imxyszkx2301673.shtml . zh:杰出药物化学家于德泉逝世 . sina . 31 December 2022 . 2 January 2023 . zh.
  3. News: https://www.cae.cn/cae/html/main/col56/column_56_1.html . zh:已故院士名单(293人) . cae.cn . 31 December 2022 . 2 January 2023 . zh.