Speaker: Prof. Chi-Ming Che

　　Address:Main Auditorium of  ICCAS

　　Professor Chi-Ming Che received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in 1978 and 1982, respectively, from The University of Hong Kong (HKU). From 1980 to 1983, he studied at the California Institute of Technology under the guidance of Professor Harry B. Gray. Thereafter, he returned to his alma mater, where he was promoted to Chair Professor of Chemistry in 1992. Since 1997 he has been the Dr. Hui Wai-Haan Chair of Chemistry in HKU. His research interests include inorganic and organic synthesis; metal-ion promoted organic transformations; reactive metal-ligand multiple bonded complexes; inorganic photochemistry; luminescent materials; bioinorganic chemistry; and inorganic medicines. A total of 100 Ph.D. students have successfully completed their studies at HKU under his supervision. With more than 620 publications and an H-index of 69, Professor Che is one of the ISI Highly Cited Researchers. He is a current member of the international advisory board of Chemistry-A European Journal, Chemistry-An Asian Journal and Trends in Inorganic Chemistry.

　　In 1995 Prof. Che was elected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and became the first CAS member from Hong Kong and the youngest CAS member at that time. He was elected as a Fellow of World Innovation Foundation (2004), a Fellow of Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (2005), a Fellow of TWAS in Chemical Sciences (2007), and a Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry (2009). He received the following awards or prizes: National Natural Science Prize of China (1993), Croucher Senior Fellowship (1997), Chung-Hsing S&T Lectureship (1997), Distinguished Research Achievement Award of the University of Hong Kong (2000), IUF Invited Professorship of France (2000), Federation of Asian Chemical Societies Foundation Lectureship (2003), Visiting Scientist of National Research Council of Italy (2004), Pfizer Signature Lecture (2006), TWAS Prize in Chemistry (2006), 1st Class State Natural Science Award of China (2006),Seaborg Lectureship at the University of California at Berkeley (2007), Prize of Ho Leung Ho Lee (HLHL) Foundation for Scientific and Technological Progress (2007) and Edward Clark Lee Lectureship at University of Chicago (2008).