Nie Zuoren: Deputy Secretary of CPC BJUT Committee, President of BJUT

Dr. Nie Zuoren, professor and president of BJUT, was born in Changsha City, Hunan Province in 1963. He is a CPC member, doctor, professor, doctoral supervisor, and member of Chinese Academy of Engineering.

He obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Wuhan University of Technology in August 1983, Master's and Ph.D. Degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Central South University. He was a visiting professor in the University of Tokyo and Nagoya University, Japan, between September 2002 and March 2004. He worked as the Deputy Dean and Dean of the College of Materials Science and Engineering in BJUT consecutively. Since April 2013 he had served as the standing committee member of CPC BJUT committee, and the Vice President of BJUT. He was appointed as the Deputy Secretary of CPC BJUT Committee, and the President of BJUT in January, 2021.

He is a leading expert in the areas of refractory metallic powder metallurgy and aluminum alloys. He was awarded the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and the leading talent in the national "Ten Thousand Talents Program". He is also the recipient of several national awards including the National Labor Medal, National Outstanding Scientific and Technical Worker, etc. He has five times received the first or second prize of National Science and Technology Awards. He was elected as the member of China Academy of Engineering in 2017.

His academic services include the vice chair of Materials Division, Science and Technology Commission of Ministry of Education, vice chair of Materials Program Committee of Ministry of Education, Postgraduate Program Committee of the State Council Academic Degree Committee, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, as well as the expert of Advanced Technology Programs of Ministry of Science and Technology. He serves as the vice chair of China Materials Research Society and chair of the Environmental Materials Branch. He is also in the editorial board of "Int. J. LCA" (Germany) in China region, and the Chinese member in the Global Alliance of LCA Center.

He oversees the overall University administrative affairs, and serves as the chair of University Academic Committee.