Li Yanrong | |
|---|---|
李言荣 | |
| President of Sichuan University | |
| Assumed office December 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 1961 (age 62) Shehong, Sichuan, China |
| Alma mater | Sichuan Normal University, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Li Yanrong is a Chinese chemist and materials scientist who is currently the President of Sichuan University. Previously, he was President of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC).[1] He is a chemical and materials engineer.
Li was born in Shehong, Suining, Sichuan province in 1961. He graduated with a PhD degree from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China in 1992. From 1978 - 1983, he studied his undergraduate degree at Sichuan Normal University, China in chemistry.[citation needed]
In 1993, he joined UESTC as a faculty member. From 1998 - 2001, he became Dean of the School of Material Engineering. Thereafter, he became Dean of the School of Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics. From 2013 - 2017, he became President of UESTC.[2] Since December 2017, he has been the President of Sichuan University, China. In 2019, he was appointed the President of Sichuan Association of Science and Technology.[3]
Li was elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2011.[4][5]