Chai Liyuan

Chai Liyuan (Chinese: 柴立元; pinyin: Chái Lìyuán; born September 29, 1966) is a Chinese engineer specializing in metallurgical environmental engineering. He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and currently serving as dean of School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University and director of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution (CNERC-CTHMP).[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chai.
Chai Liyuan
柴立元
Born (1966-09-29) September 29, 1966
Wannian County, Jiangxi, China
Alma materCentral South University
Nagoya University
Scientific career
FieldsMetallurgical environmental engineering
InstitutionsCentral South University
Academic advisorsZhong Haiyun

Biography

Chai was born in Suqiao Township of Wannian County, Jiangxi, on September 29, 1966.[2] He is the youngest of seven children.[2] His father died when he was 10.[2] He and his siblings were raised by their bachelor mother.[2] He secondary studied at Qingyun High School (青云中学).[2] In 1985 he was accepted to Central South University, majoring in non-ferrous metal, where he obtained his doctor's degree in 1997.[2] He did his postgraduate work under the supervision of Zhong Haiyun (钟海云). In 1996 he pursued advanced studies at Nagoya University in Japan.[2] He returned to China in 1999 and established environmental engineering discipline at Central South University.[3] In June 2014 he was promoted to dean of its School of Metallurgy and Environment.

In 2017 he became a delegate to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.[4]

Honours and awards
  • 2009 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
  • 2011 "Chang Jiang Scholar" (or " Yangtze River Scholar")
  • 2011 State Technological Invention Award (Second Class)
  • 2014 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
  • November 5, 2015 Industrial Innovation Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation[5]
  • 2018 State Technological Invention Award (Second Class)
  • November 22, 2019 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)[6]

References
  1. Yue Xia (岳霞) (24 November 2019). 中南大学柴立元院士：做好重金属污染治理，把论文写在大地上. Changsha Evening News (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. Zhang Donghong (张东红) (18 May 2015). 上饶籍教授柴立元获习总书记高度赞许. people.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  3. Li Kefu (李柯夫); Lei Di (雷笛) (25 November 2019). 新院士柴立元：我是干活的高调不起来. Sohu (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  4. Yue Xia (岳霞) (22 November 2019). 中南大学柴立元院士：绿水青山就是他勋章. Changsha Evening News (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  5. 罗安、柴立元获2015年度何梁何利奖. Hunan Daily (in Chinese). 5 November 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  6. 中国工程院2019年当选院士名单 [List of Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2019]. CAE (in Chinese). 22 November 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  • Chai Liyuan on Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution (CNERC-CTHMP)
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