Editor’s Note: This story is part of a series of articles celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Each article shines the spotlight on one PKUer who has made remarkable contributions to China’s recent development, high...

Peking University, Oct. 30, 2019: Akira Fujishima, born in Tokyo, 1942, is a chemist and the former president of the Tokyo University of Science. He is recognized for his discovery of the photocatalytic and superhydrophilic properties of in titanium dioxide. His contribution to t...

Editor’s Note:This story is part of a series of articles celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Each article shines the spotlight on one PKUer who has made remarkable contributions to China’s recent development, highl...

Editor’s Note:This story is part of a series of articles celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Each article shines the spotlight on one PKUer who has made remarkable contributions to China’s recent development, highl...

Peking University, Oct. 10, 2019: Tu Youyou, a Chinese scientist or more specifically, phytochemist – a specialist in studying the chemistry of plants, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2015. She is the first female Mainland Chinese scientist to receive a Nob...