Zhou Qifeng is a Chinese chemist

Chemist

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 and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chinese Academy of Sciences

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. He succeeded Xu Zhihong

Xu Zhihong

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 to the office of the President of Peking University

Peking University

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 on November 14, 2008.

Biography

Zhou Qifeng was an undergraduate student in Peking University from 1965 to 1970, and became a faculty member immediately after his graduation in 1970. He was studying in University of Massachusetts Amherst

University of Massachusetts Amherst

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 from 1980 to 1983 and returned to Peking University after receiving his PhD degree.

He was selected to be an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chinese Academy of Sciences

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in 1999.