Cai Liusheng

Cai Liusheng (Chinese: 蔡鎦生; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhòa Liû-seng; 18 September 1902 – 24 October 1983) was a Chinese physical chemist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was one of the founders of catalytic kinetics in China.[1] He was a delegateto the 3rd and 5th National People's Congress.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Cai.
Cai Liusheng
蔡镏生
Born(1902-08-16)16 August 1902
Quanzhou, Fujian, Qing China
Died24 October 1983(1983-10-24) (aged 81)
Changchun, Jilin, China
Alma materYenching University
University of Chicago
Scientific career
FieldsPhysical chemistry
InstitutionsJilin University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese蔡镏生
Traditional Chinese蔡鎦生

Biography

Cai was born into a peasant family in Quanzhou, Fujian, on 18 September 1902. He secondary studied at Peiyuan High School (培元中学).[1] He was fascinated by chemistry since childhood.[1] In 1924, he graduated from Yenching University, where he majored in the Department of Chemistry.[1] He arrived in the United States in 1929 to begin his education at the University of Chicago.[1] He returned to China after graduation and worked at his alma mater Yenching University.[1] In the spring of 1948, he was invited to the University of Washington as a visiting scholar. In 1949, he gave up the opportunity to be employed as a professor at the Graduate School of St. Louis Medical University and returned China to become director of the Department of Chemistry, Yanjing University.[1]

In 1952, in response to the call of the Communist government, he went to Northeast Renmin University (later restructured as Jilin University), where he cooperated with Tang Aoqing, Guan Shizhi and Tao Weisun to establish the Department of Chemistry.[2] He joined the Communist Party on 4 May 1982.

On 24 October 1983, he died of illness in Changchun, Jilin, aged 81.[1]

Honours and awards

References
  1. 功勋人物谱科技篇：中国催化动力学研究的奠基人——蔡镏生 [One of the founders of catalytic kinetics in China: Cai Liusheng]. qq.com (in Chinese). 18 June 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. 蔡镏生 [Cai Liusheng]. jlu.edu.cn (in Chinese). 1 November 2019. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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