Recently, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People's Republic of China announced the 2017 list of the country's “key talent project” and a total of 411 scholars were selected. Prof. Liangti Qu at the School of Chemical Engineering and Prof. Siping Pang at the School of Materials were selected and honored as “Young and Middle-aged Professionals with Outstanding Contributions”. At present, there are 24 professors in our university that were selected for “key talent project”
The “key talent project” is aimed at encouraging middle-aged and young leaders in academic technology, focusing on training of high-level young and middle-aged leaders who aim at the world’s research frontiers and can lead and support the country’s major science and technology. In 2012, 11 departments of Chinese government including the Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security jointly issued the “National Special Support Plan for High-level Talents” (Zhongjifa [2012] No. 12), and incorporated “key talent project” into the “national Special support plan for high-level talents" (10,000 person). The National Talents of “key talent project” is selected once a year. Each year about 400 candidates are selected, including 100 talents in fundamental disciplines and research fields in the “National Special Support Program for High-level Talents”.
See the brief introduction for both Prof. Liangti Qu and Prof. Siping Pang
Liangti Qu, expert in carbon nanomaterials, professor of Beijing Institute of Technology.
His research mainly focuses on carbon-based and polymer-based nano-micro materials, and covers the preparation, functional modification and application of carbon nanotubes, graphene, and conductive polymers, including functionalization and its application for advanced energy devices, and laser micro-nanometer manufacturing and other aspects. He has published more than 170 papers in international journals such as Science, Chem. Rev., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Mater., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Nano Lett. One of his papers is cited more than 1,400 times. He was invited to write 12 articles for review on Energy Environ. Sci., Mater., 6 monographs in English, and more than 10 international and domestic invention patents. His research work was reported by Nature and other professional publications. One paper won the "China's 100 Most Influential International Academic Papers" in 2012 and 17 papers were selected by ESI Highly Cited Papers (Web of Science). He has delivered invited international conference subjective report (Keynote talk) and Invited talk more than 30 times.
Received honors include the first prize of the 2007 SAMPE International Conference Outstanding Paper; the 2009 “New Century Excellent Talent” of the Ministry of Education; and the 13th “Fok Ying Tung Fund”; winner of the 2013 National Outstanding Youth Fund; 2014 “cheung kong Scholar” of the Ministry of Education Distinguished Professor; 2014 Young Talents of Science and Technology Innovation in the Ministry of Science and Technology; 2016 “Distinguished talent Plan” in Science and Technology Innovation. Over 2014-2016 he was selected for the Most Cited Chinese Researchers list of Elsevier's material science for three consecutive years. He won 1 second prize of the National Natural Science Prize (second prize winner) and 1 first prize of the Natural Science Prize of the Ministry of Education (fifth prize winner). Member of the Board of Directors of the China Material Research Institute, Director of the First Council of the Nanomaterials and Devices Branch, Member of the Committee of Young Chemists of the Chinese Chemical Society, Editor of the Chinese Science: Materials Editorial Board, Editorial Committee of the Chemical Journal, Editorial Committee of Applied Chemistry, Materials Today Chemistry Commission, ChemNanoMat Editorial Board of Wiley, etc.
Siping Pang, an expert in energetic materials, is currently the Dean of school of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology.
He is mainly engaged in the design, synthesis and application of energetic materials, and has hosted and participated several programs supported by the National Science Foundation of China and a number of major national defense key programs. More than 100 SCI and EI papers were published as the first author or corresponding author in JACS, Angew, and other international journals. His research results were awarded a second prize for National Technological Invention Award (Ranking 1) and a special award for National Defense Science and Technology Progress Award (Ranking 1), as well as the China Academy of Military Technology Science and Technology Award Grand Prize and the Capital Labor Medal, Beijing Teaching Achievement Award (Second Prize), Beijing University Outstanding Party Members and other awards. He served as editorial board for journals including "Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics", "Journal of Ordnance", "Energetic Materials".
