Head of CAS elected Royal Society fellow  

中科院院長白春禮當(dāng)選英國皇家學(xué)會會員

英國皇家學(xué)會發(fā)表公報說，“白春禮是納米科學(xué)領(lǐng)域的先驅(qū)之一”，在相關(guān)領(lǐng)域做出突出貢獻。2012年，白春禮成功當(dāng)選為發(fā)展中國家科學(xué)院(TWAS)院長，這是30多年來中國籍科學(xué)家首次擔(dān)任這一重要國際科技組織的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人。 [查看全文]

Bai Chunli, president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has been elected to the Foreign Membership of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom, according to the CAS.

Including Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton, the Royal Society permanent membership symbolizes the highest level in the UK science circle.

In a Royal Society statement, Bai was described as one of the pioneers in the field of nanoscience who has outstanding scientific achievements as well as a leadership role in China's science circle.

According to its official website, the Royal Society, founded in the 1660s, is the national Academy of science in the UK and a self-governing fellowship of distinguished scientists in various areas of science, engineering and medicine.

In a statement released Saturday, the CAS said it has been keeping a close cooperative parntership with the society in hot spot fields such as climate change and synthetic biology.

Together with Bai, leading Chinese-American physics scientist and Nobel Prize winner Steven Chu was also elected to the society's foreign membership.