Yuan Chengye

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yuan.

Yuan Chengye (Chinese: 袁承業; pinyin: Yuán Chéngyè; Wade–Giles: Yüan Ch'eng-yeh; 1924–2018) was a Chinese organic chemist.

Yuan Chengye
Born	(1924-10-10)10 October 1924 Shangyu, Zhejiang, China
Died	9 January 2018(2018-01-09) (aged 93) Shanghai, China
Alma mater	National College of Pharmacy
Scientific career
Institutions	Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS

Yuan was born in Shangyu, Zhejiang province in 1924. He graduated from the National College of Pharmacy (now China Pharmaceutical University) in 1948 and received a Degree for Candidate for D.Sc from the All-Union Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, in Moscow in 1955. He worked at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences after returning to China. He led a research team for nuclear fuel extractants since 1958.^[1] In 1997, he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He died on 9 January 2018.^[2]