Su Qiang (simplified Chinese: 苏锵; traditional Chinese: 蘇鏘; pinyin: Sū Qiāng; Wade–Giles: Su Ch'iang; 1931–2017) was a Chinese inorganic chemist. A pioneer in rare earth research and applications, he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1995.[1]

Su Qiang
Born(1931-07-15)July 15, 1931
DiedFebruary 17, 2017(2017-02-17) (aged 85)
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Alma materSun Yat-sen University
Peking University
(Tianjin University)
Scientific career
FieldsRare earth elements
InstitutionsChangchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS
Sun Yat-sen University

Su enrolled at Sun Yat-sen University in 1948, he transferred to Department of Chemical Engineering (which is a part of Tianjin University nowadays), Peking University two years later, and graduated in 1952. Then he went to Changchun, and became a professor there in 1983. He taught at Sun Yat-Sen University since 1999.

Su was the Chairman of the Second International Conference on the Spectra of Rare Earth Elements, and a Committee Member of the Third and Sixth International Conferences on f-elements.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "沉痛悼念苏锵院士". Sun Yat-sen University (in Chinese).
  2. ^ "Su Qiang". Sun Yat-Sen University.