Cheng Rongshi

Cheng Rongshi
Cheng Rongshi
程镕时
Born	18 October 1927; Yixing, Jiangsu, China
Died	7 February 2021 (aged 93); Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Alma mater	University of Nanking; Peking University
	Scientific career
Fields	Polymer physics; Physical chemistry
Institutions	Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (1952-1982); Nanjing University (1983-1994); South China University of Technology (1995-retirement)
Academic advisors	Dai Anbang; Zhang Longxiang
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	程鎔時
Simplified Chinese	程镕时
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Chéng Róngshí

Cheng Rongshi (Chinese: 程镕时; 18 October 1927 – 7 February 2021) was a Chinese physical chemist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[1]

Biography

Cheng was born in Yixing, Jiangsu, on 18 October 1927.[2] In 1945, he was admitted to the University of Nanking, where he studied chemistry under Dai Anbang.[2] After graduating in 1949, he did his postgraduate work at Peking University.[2]

In 1951, he was dispatched to the Shanghai Institute of Physical Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.[1] That same year, he moved to Changchun and worked at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry. In 1983, he joined the faculty of Nanjing University.[1] In 1995, he became a professor and director of Macromolecule Research Institute of South China University of Technology.[1]

On 7 February 2021, he died of illness in Guangzhou, Guangdong, aged 93.[2][3]

Honours and awards

1991 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)[2]

References

Zhong Yuhao (钟煜豪) (8 February 2021). 王绶琯、沈忠厚、程镕时，2021年共和国已送别3位院士 [Wang Shouguan, Shen Zhonghou, Cheng Rongshi, China has lost three academicians in 2021]. thepaper.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 8 February 2021.
Li Yuan (李苑) (8 February 2021). 我国高分子物理学科开拓者之一程镕时院士逝世 [Academician Cheng Rongshi, one of the pioneers of polymer physics in China, is dead]. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 8 February 2021.
Yang Jie (杨杰), ed. (8 February 2021). 中国高分子物理学科开拓者程镕时院士逝世，享年93岁 [Academician Cheng Rongshi, one of the pioneers of polymer physics in China, dies at age 93]. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 8 February 2021.

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[celery-1] Zhong Yuhao (钟煜豪) (8 February 2021). 王绶琯、沈忠厚、程镕时，2021年共和国已送别3位院士 [Wang Shouguan, Shen Zhonghou, Cheng Rongshi, China has lost three academicians in 2021]. thepaper.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 8 February 2021.

[cat-2] Li Yuan (李苑) (8 February 2021). 我国高分子物理学科开拓者之一程镕时院士逝世 [Academician Cheng Rongshi, one of the pioneers of polymer physics in China, is dead]. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 8 February 2021.

[3] Yang Jie (杨杰), ed. (8 February 2021). 中国高分子物理学科开拓者程镕时院士逝世，享年93岁 [Academician Cheng Rongshi, one of the pioneers of polymer physics in China, dies at age 93]. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 8 February 2021.