Lin Jianhua (; born October 1955) is a Chinese chemist who served as

president of Peking University The President of Peking University is the chief administrator of Peking University, a major public academic institution of higher learning, located in Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China. Each is appointed by and is responsible to the ...

from 2015 to 2018. Previously he was president of

Chongqing University Chongqing University (CQU; , colloquially abbreviated as ChóngDà) is a public research university located in Chongqing, China. It is a National Key University directly funded by the central government of China as part of the Double First Class ...

from December 2010 to June 2013, and president of

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University, abbreviated as ZJU or Zheda and formerly romanized as Chekiang University, is a National university, national public university, public research university based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is a member of the prestigiou ...

between June 2013 to February 2015.

Life and career

Lin was born and raised in

Baotou Baotou (; mn, Buɣutu qota, Бугат хот) is the largest city by urban population in Inner Mongolia, China. Governed as a prefecture-level city, as of the 2020 census, its built-up (''or metro'') area made up of its 5 urban districts is h ...

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, with his

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. During the

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, he taught at a school in

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, Inner Mongolia. He earned a doctorate in chemistry from

Peking University Peking University (PKU; ) is a public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. Peking University was established as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 when it received its royal charte ...

in 1986. He studied at

Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research The Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (German: ''Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung'') was founded in 1969 and is one of the 82 Max Planck Institutes of the Max Planck Society. It is located on a campus in Stuttgart, togeth ...

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, and

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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

, he remained in that position until February 2015, when he was transferred to

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and appointed the

References

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