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Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
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Revision History:
Biography Revised: 5/14/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2006
Wang Fosong 王佛松
Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Born: 1933
Biography Highlight
Wang Fosong, male, Han nationality, is a native of Xingning, Guangdong
Province. He graduated from the Chemistry Department of Wuhan University in
1955 and obtained a chemical science deputy doctorate degree from the Soviet
Union in 1960. Wang holds the title of macromolecule chemist.
Wang has a long association with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, having served
as a researcher and Chinese Academy of Sciences. His career also includes a
deputy chairman position with the China Petroleum Association.
As a scientist, Wang studied directional polymerization, rare earth
catalysis, and conducting macromolecules. His work also includes
developing macromolecule inorganic nanometer compounded materials and
guiding the research and development of butadiene rubber and isoamyl rubber.
Wang is credited with discovering a rare earth catalyst for isoprene
directional polymerization and guided the formation and structure of its
active core and catalysis mechanism.
He was elected as an academician to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1999.
Recent Career Data