China News Service, May 18th. According to the Hong Kong Wenhui Network, the president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (UST) Shi Wei will leave office in October. Some media reported today (18th) that the chairman of the board of directors of the University of Science and Technology Liao Changcheng sent an email to teachers, students and alumni, saying that the president's selection committee has recommended to the board of directors of the University of Science and Technology Ye Yuru to serve as the next president. The school board of directors held a meeting on Friday (20th) to discuss its appointment, and it is expected that Ye Yuru will become the first female principal since the founding of the University of Science and Technology.
Data picture: Ye Yuru. Image source: Hong Kong Wenhui.com
Ye Yuru, who will turn 67 in July this year, was born and raised in Hong Kong, studying at , St. Mary's College, , obtained a doctorate in pharmacology from Harvard University in the United States in 1983, and studied in the United States until 1993. He decided to give up his high salary and return to Hong Kong and join the University of Science and Technology as an assistant professor to "retrieve land".
has served as the director of the Department of Biochemistry, Vice Dean and Dean of the School of Science, and Vice President (R&D and Postgraduate Education, later Research and Development). After resigning as Vice President at the end of last month, he is currently the director of the Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and a professor of life sciences at the University of Science and Technology. She is also the founding director of the National Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, the first national laboratory of the University of Science and Technology.
Ye Yuru is well-known internationally for outstanding research on the development and function of the brain nervous system and its contribution to the development of drugs for neurodegenerative diseases.
