Four Professors and Seven Alumni of Tsinghua Elected to CAS/CAE

Four professors and seven alumni of Tsinghua University have been named academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).

(From Left: Li Peng, Lu Jianhua, Wu Jianping, He Kebin)

Currently working at Tsinghua University, the four faculty members elected are Li Peng and Lu Jianhua to the CAS, and Wu Jianping and He Kebin to the CAE.

Li Peng is currently a professor in the School of Life Sciences. Her research focuses on the molecular mechanism of metabolic diseases including obesity, diabetes and hepatic steatosis with a special focus on the regulation of lipid storage and lipid droplet fusion in adipocytes, hepatocytes and mammary epithelial cells.

Lu Jianhua, Professor of the Department of Electronic Engineering and Vice Dean of the School of Aerospace, is an IEEE Fellow, with research interests in coding theory and technology, multimedia signal processing, broadband wireless transmission and satellite communication.

Professor Wu Jianping is now Head of the Department of Computer Science and Technology. He is also an IEEE Fellow, with research interests include computer networks, internet, computer network architecture, protocol and network testing.

Professor He Kebin, is currently Dean of the School of Environment. He conducts a substantial research activity primarily in the field of air pollution control including emission inventory and control strategies for regional complex air pollution.

Apart from the existing faculty members, the two other Tsinghua alumni elected to the CAS are Wang Yongliang who undertook postdoctoral research in the Department of Electronics in 1994-1996; and Ni Jinren, who graduated in 1989 with master’s and doctor‘s degrees from the Department of Hydraulic Engineering.

Five Tsinghua alumni are elected to the CAE, including Wang Endong who acquired bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1989 and 1991 respectively; Yang Zhifeng with a Ph.D. from the Department of Hydraulic Engineering in 1989; Liao Xiangke who graduated from the Department of Computer Science in 1985; and Li Wenyuan and Li Dequn, who graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering (1969) and the Department of Metallurgy (1968) in Tsinghua University respectively.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), are China's top academic institutions. Membership of the CAS and CAE is the highest national academic title in China in science and engineering.

(From Office of Global Communications and Outreach)