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 ÀË»¨Ö±²¥ 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 ÀË»¨Ö±²¥ (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 ÀË»¨Ö±²¥ Frontiers
Advisory board, Chemical Science