Wang Qi (; born 22 July 1949) is a Chinese

materials scientist Materials science is an interdisciplinary field of researching and discovering materials. Materials engineering is an engineering field of finding uses for materials in other fields and industries. The intellectual origins of materials scien ...

and an academician of the

Chinese Academy of Engineering The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE, ) is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China. The CAE and the Chinese Academy of Sciences a ...

. She is a professor at

Sichuan University Sichuan University (SCU) is a public university in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The university is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. I ...

and director of the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering.

Biography

Wang was born in

Zigong Zigong ( zh, s=自贡 , ), formed by the merger of the two former towns of Ziliujing (Tzuliuching, literally "self-flow well") and Gongjing (Kungching, literally "offering well"), is a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, Southwestern China. Demo ...

Sichuan Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...

, on 22 July 1949, during the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

. She earned a bachelor's degree in 1982, a master's degree in 1984, and a doctor's degree in 1989, all from Chengdu University of Science and Technology (now

). She joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

in June 1984. She taught at Sichuan University since 1986, what she was promoted to associate professor in 1992 and to full professor in 1993. She was a postdoctoral fellow at

Laval University Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of: People * House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne * Laval (surname) Places Belgium * Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxe ...

between December 1989 and March 1993. In March 1992, she became deputy director of the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, rising to director in October 1998.

Honours and awards

* 2006 State Technological Invention Award (Second Class) * 27 November 2017 Member of the

(CAE) * 2018 State Technological Invention Award (Second Class) * 3 November 2020 Science and Technology Innovation Award of the

Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation The Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation (HLHL, ) is a Hong Kong–based non-government organisation which annually bestows prizes upon Chinese scientists. It was established on 30 March 1994, with funds donated from the charitable foundations of Ho Sin ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Qi 1949 births Living people People from Zigong Engineers from Sichuan Sichuan University alumni Academic staff of Sichuan University Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering