Li Yanrong

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 Yanrong
李言荣
President of Sichuan University
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2017
Personal details
Born	July 1961 (age 64) Shehong, Sichuan, China
Alma mater	Sichuan Normal University, Chinese Academy of Sciences

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

Early life

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]}

Career

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]

Awards

Li was elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2011.^[4][5]