Tsinghua SIGS faculty members win Shenzhen Science and Technology Awards

On January 2, the 2018 and 2019 Shenzhen Science and Technology Awards were presented to those with outstanding contributions in scientific and technological innovation. Chen Rugui, mayor of Shenzhen, presided over the conference, while other leaders of the Municipal Party Committee attended the conference.

Faculty members from Tsinghua SIGS won Shenzhen Science and Technology Awards: Liu Houde and Wang Zhi won the 2018 and 2019 Shenzhen Youth Science and Technology Award respectively, while Zhu Xiaoshan won the 2019 Natural Science Award, and Wang Liming and his team won the 2018 Shenzhen Standard Award. The Mayor Award commends those who have achieved major breakthroughs in the forefront of contemporary science and technology. The 2019 Shenzhen Mayor Award was awarded to Kang Feiyu.

Kang Feiyu has served as Dean of Tsinghua Graduate School at Shenzhen (GSST), Co-Director of TBSI and is currently Associate Dean at Tsinghua SIGS. His main research area is in carbon materials and its applications in the fields of energy and the environment. He has solved a key technical problem in the application of natural graphite and graphene in lithium ion batteries, and promoted the development of China's natural graphite deep processing technology and high-safety rechargeable batteries.

Kang addressed the conference: "My 30 years of research and development, and insistence in industry-university-research cooperation and technology transfer are inseparable from the support of Shenzhen Government and Tsinghua University. I will keep striving for greater achievements in this direction."

As SIGS continues to develop an academic and research environment that is "International, Borderless and Entrepreneurial", Tsinghua SIGS will see more innovation, better scientific research results and greater benefits from industry-university-research cooperation in the near future. 

Edited by Karen Lee