According to the "Regulations of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Chinese Chemical Society," the Society's Reward Recommendation Committee recommended candidates for the fourth Lifetime Achievement Award of the Chinese Chemical Society. After deliberation by the review committee, the Chinese Chemical Society's Reward Working Committee decided to award the fourth Lifetime Achievement Award of the Chinese Chemical Society to Dong Shaojun (Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Xu Ruren (Jilin University).
Established in 2017, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Chinese Chemical Society is the highest honor awarded by the Chinese Chemical Society to Chinese chemical workers who have made significant contributions to the research in the field of chemistry in China and have made outstanding contributions to the development of the Chinese Chemical Society. The award is given every two years, with 1-2 winners selected each time.
Winners' Profiles
Dong Shaojun
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Award Citation: Outstanding contributions to the development of electroanalytical chemistry in China.
Bio:
Researcher Dong Shaojun, graduated from Beijing Fu Jen Catholic University in 1952, has been working at the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is a member of the Academy of Sciences for Developing Countries. Engaged in research in analytical chemistry, electrochemistry, and electroanalytical chemistry for many years, he has achieved a number of internationally renowned research results in areas such as chemical modification of electrodes, molecular self-assembly, bioelectrochemistry, and water quality analysis. He is the pioneer of chemical modification of electrodes in China, leading the advancement of electrochemical interface research from passive understanding to rational design. Authored over a million words in the monographs "Chemically Modified Electrodes" and "Spectroelectrochemical Methods - Theory and Applications." By combining biofuel cells with photochemical catalytic systems, he has successfully converted solar energy and biomass energy into electricity. He will publish the monograph "Biofuel Cells" in 2024. He innovatively proposed in-situ cultivation of microbial films for multi-parameter in-situ water quality monitoring.
Recipient of 3 National Natural Science Awards, 11 provincial and ministerial awards, and 1 international individual award. Received the Electrochemistry Achievement Award from the Electrochemical Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society and the Lifetime Achievement Award in Electroanalytical Chemistry from the Analytical Chemistry Committee. Published 17 monographs and treatises, obtained 60 patents, and won 1 China Patent Excellence Award. Published over 1000 SCI papers, cited over 70,000 times, with an H-index of 129. Named a Highly Cited Scientist globally for 10 consecutive times spanning 20 years (2002-2021). Appointed as a visiting professor at universities in the United States, France, and Japan. Served as an editorial board member and advisory board member for 6 international academic journals. Delivered over 100 plenary, keynote, and invited lectures at international academic conferences, and presented lectures over 100 times in 26 countries, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Mentored over 100 graduate students, producing outstanding talents. Recognized multiple times as a national outstanding doctoral dissertation supervisor.
Xu Ruren
Jilin University
Award citation: For outstanding contributions to the development of porous materials chemistry in China and internationally.
Biography:
Xu Ruren, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, an inorganic chemist, and a renowned international expert in molecular sieves and porous materials. He is the founder and pioneer of the discipline of "Inorganic Synthetic Chemistry" in China and a trailblazer in hydrothermal synthesis chemistry. Over the past 40 years, he has pioneered new synthetic routes, challenged traditional concepts of microporous crystal structures, framework elements, and basic structural units, leading the third milestone in the history of molecular sieve chemistry. He was the first to propose structural design methods and directed synthesis routes for molecular sieves internationally, making outstanding contributions to the development and application of molecular sieve and porous materials science on a global scale. He has authored a series of classic textbooks and monographs. He was the first to propose the scientific systems of "Modern Inorganic Synthetic Chemistry" and "Condensed Matter Chemistry" internationally and published the monograph "Introduction to Condensed Matter Chemistry" at the invitation of Elsevier.
He graduated from the Department of Chemistry at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1952 and was involved in the establishment of the Department of Chemistry at Northeast People's University (predecessor of Jilin University). In 1984, he was appointed as a doctoral supervisor at Jilin University. From 1985 to 1990, he served as the head of the Department of Chemistry at Jilin University. In 1991, he was elected as an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He led the establishment of the Ministry of Education's "Hydrothermal Synthesis Open Research Laboratory" and served as its first director. This laboratory later developed into the State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry. In 2003, he was elected as an Academician of The World Academy of Sciences. He has won the National Natural Science Award four times, the First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Education three times, the Ho Leung Ho Lee Science and Technology Progress Award in 1995, the National Model Worker and Model Teacher in the National Education System in 1998, the First "Jilin University Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2016, and the First "China Molecular Sieve Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2017. He has trained a large number of outstanding talents in the field of inorganic synthetic chemistry, including three Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and two national-level distinguished teachers.
On the occasion of the 71st anniversary of Jilin University on September 16, 2017, Xu Ruren and his wife, Professor Pang Wenqin, donated their life savings of 5 million yuan to the university to establish the "Pang Wenqin, Xu Ruren Education Fund" to support the development of the discipline of inorganic synthetic chemistry.
In 2017, after nearly a decade of contemplation, Xu Ruren first proposed a strategic vision for building the scientific system of condensed matter chemistry internationally, and has been deeply involved in this endeavor with significant results.
Chinese Chemical Society
May 21, 2024
