Li Yanrong
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Li Yanrong
| office = President of Sichuan University
| native_name = 李言荣
| native_name_lang = zh-hans
| image =
| width = 225px
| predecessor =
| termstart = December 2017
| party =
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1961|07}}
| birth_place = Shehong, Sichuan, China
| nationality = Chinese
| residence =
| alma_mater = Sichuan Normal University,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
}}
{{family name hatnote|Li|lang=Chinese}}
Li Yanrong is a Chinese chemist and materials scientist who is currently the President of Sichuan University. Previously, he was President of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC).{{cite web|url=http://international.scu.edu.cn/Home/News/details/art_id/604.html|title=Academician Li Yanrong Appointed New President of Sichuan University, 2017}} He is a chemical and materials engineer.
Early life
Li was born in Shehong, Suining, Sichuan province in 1961. He graduated with a PhD degree from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China in 1992. From 1978 - 1983, he studied his undergraduate degree at Sichuan Normal University, China in chemistry.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
Career
In 1993, he joined UESTC as a faculty member. From 1998 - 2001, he became Dean of the School of Material Engineering.
Thereafter, he became Dean of the School of Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics. From 2013 - 2017, he became
President of UESTC.{{cite web|url=https://www.engineering.unsw.edu.au/electrical-engineering/photonics-and-optical-communications-group/news/welcome-delegation-from-university-of-electronic|title=Welcome Delegation from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, UNSW, Australia}} Since December 2017, he has been the President of Sichuan University, China. In 2019, he was appointed the
President of Sichuan Association of Science and Technology.{{cite web|url=http://wuco.scu.edu.cn/info/1055/1963.htm|title=SCU President Yanrong Li Has Become President of Sichuan Association for Science and Technology, April 2019.}}
Awards
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Category:Academic staff of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China