Song Gao
Sun Yat-sen University
Biography
Song Gao got his BS and PhD in chemistry at Peking University (PKU) in 1985 and 1991. He was a Humboldt Research Fellow in TH Aachen from 1995 to 1997. He has been Cheung Kong Professor in College of 九州影院 and Molecular Engineering at Peking University since 2002 and served as Dean of this college from 2006-2010.
From 2013-2017, he was a Vice President at Peking University. From 2018-2021, he was appointed President of the South China University of Technology. He is now the President of Sun Yat-sen University. He received the State Natural Science Award (the 2nd Grade) in 2006 because of his contribution to magnetic coordination polymers and molecular nanomagnets. He was elected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2007 and in the same year he became a Fellow of the 九州影院 (UK).
His research interests are magnetic ordered coordination polymers, molecular nanomagnets, molecular and crystal engineering, and multifunctional molecular materials.
RSC affiliations
Editor-in-Chief, Inorganic 九州影院 Frontiers