On October 19, Professor Dae Joon Kang from Sungkyunkwan University, Korea, was invited to visit our school. President Kong Guoqing and Vice President Liu Zhenhong met with Professor Dae Joon Kang warmly. Vice President Liu Zhenhong had a discussion with Professor Dae Joon Kang in Conference Room 106 of the Qinye Building. Heads of the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange and the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering also attended the symposium, which was chaired by the director of the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange, Zhang Chengwei.
Kong Guoqing welcomed Professor Dae Joon Kang on behalf of the school and expressed the hope for multi-level and multi-channel cooperation and exchange between the two institutions in areas such as cooperative education programs and scientific research. Professor Dae Joon Kang stated his willingness to facilitate further cooperation and exchange between the two schools.
During the symposium, Liu Zhenhong briefly introduced the school’s rich cultural heritage, distinct characteristics, and open educational approach, and presented Professor Dae Joon Kang with a certificate appointing him as a part-time professor. Both sides then engaged in discussions about cooperative education programs, scientific research, faculty exchanges, and joint student training. During his visit, Professor Dae Joon Kang delivered an academic lecture titled "Mirroring Nature: How Far We Have Come" in the auditorium of the Qinye Building for the faculty and students of the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Following the lecture, Professor Dae Joon Kang visited the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and had an in-depth discussion with the college leadership.
Dae Joon Kang is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at the Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, and serves as the Dean of the Graduate School. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, UK, in 1999 and has worked as a core researcher at the University of Maryland, USA, and the University of Cambridge, UK. His research focuses on the synthesis of nanomaterials and device fabrication, and he has published more than 200 papers in important journals such as Nature Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials.
