Goa Song is a former President of
South China University of Technology
The South China University of Technology (SCUT) is a public university in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education and co-sponsored with the Guangdong Provincial People's Governme ...
, China and a professor in chemistry.
Early life
Born in Anhui Province in 1964, Gao studied chemistry at
Peking University
Peking University (PKU) is a Public university, public Types of universities and colleges in China#By designated academic emphasis, university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of the Peop ...
, China and received his bachelor, master, and Ph.D. degrees in 1985, 1988, and 1991 respectively.
Career
After his Ph.D., Gao became a lecturer (1990-1992), associate professor (1992-1999), and professor (since 1999)
at Peking University. In 1992, Gao went to Germany to become a visitor of
Aachen University of Technology, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry. In 1998–1999, he went to
University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public research university in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally established as the University of ...
as a visiting scholar. He became Dean of the
Department of Chemistry at Peking University in 2006. From 2013 to 2017, he was a vice president at Peking University.
In 2018, he was appointed President of South China University of Technology.
Research
Gao has undertaken research on inorganic chemistry and molecular magnetism. He has published over 300 papers in these topics.
Awards
In 2007, Gao was elected a member of
Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS; ) is the national academy for natural sciences and the highest consultancy for science and technology of the People's Republic of China. It is the world's largest research organization, with 106 research i ...
and a fellow of the
Royal Society of Chemistry
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, UK.
References
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1964 births
Living people
Peking University alumni
Chinese chemists
Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
20th-century Chinese chemists
21st-century Chinese chemists