Home
» City specials
» Hangzhou
Biologist stands down
Print Edition
Shi Yigong, a famous molecular biologist in the world, has submitted his resignation to the esteemed Tsinghua University in order to serve as president of the soon-to-be-inaugurated West Lake University in Hangzhou.
Shi and nine other individuals were founding members of West Lake Institute for Advanced Study in 2015. Shi is also the dean of the institute, the predecessor of the West Lake University, which is slated to be inaugurated later this year.
Shi expressed his gratitude for the cultivation, support and caring of Tsinghua University in the past years in an interview with China Newsweek.
Shi was an accomplished professor of molecular biology at Princeton University. After returning to China in 2008, he gave up his US citizenship and became vice president of Tsinghua University.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
