Award-winning chemist Shang Rui leaving Japan to start Chinese university lab
Shang will join Westlake University, where he will establish a new laboratory focused on sustainable catalysis and functional molecules
Shang Rui, a chemistry professor at the University of Tokyo, will return to China later this year to join Westlake University, where he will establish a new lab focused on sustainable catalysis and functional molecules.
Shang completed both his undergraduate and doctoral studies at the University of Science and Technology of China before continuing his academic journey at the University of Tokyo.
He was promoted to associate professor in 2020 and advanced to the position of distinguished professor last year.
Westlake University in Zhejiang province, eastern China, has confirmed his plans to return home this year, where he will lead the development of his research lab. Professor Shang declined interview requests from the South China Morning Post.
As funding for research and higher education declines in developed countries, including the United States and Britain, many researchers are looking to China for international academic positions, particularly in fields where China has become a global leader, such as chemistry and materials science.