Renowned Analytical Chemist Janusz Pawliszyn Joins Sun Yat-sen University After Distinguished Canadian Career
71-year-old Canada Research Chair and Royal Society of Canada fellow brings extensive research background to Guangzhou institution
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- Janusz Pawliszyn, a 71-year-old internationally renowned analytical chemist and recipient of the Chemical Institute of Canada's highest honour, has joined Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou as a professor.
- Pawliszyn, who was appointed a Canada Research Chair in 2003 and became a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2010, has supervised over 110 master's and doctoral students along with nearly 200 postdoctoral students and visiting scholars, many from China.
- One of his former postdoctoral fellows, Ouyang Gangfeng, now serves as dean of the university's school of chemical engineering and technology.
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Why It Matters
Janusz Pawliszyn is an internationally renowned analytical chemist and inventor of two widely used analytical chemistry techniques. He spent his career primarily in Canada, where he held a Canada Research Chair and received the Chemical Institute of Canada's highest honour. His extensive mentorship of Chinese students over decades created academic connections that led to his move to Sun Yat-sen University.
Janusz Pawliszyn, the 71-year-old recipient of the Chemical Institute of Canada's highest honour and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, has joined Guangzhou's Sun Yat-sen University, the institution announced on April 9.
Pawliszyn has supervised more than 110 master's and doctoral students as well as nearly 200 postdoctoral students and visiting scholars, many of them from China. Ouyang Gangfeng was one of them. From 2004 to 2005, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Pawliszyn's laboratory. He is now a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and dean of Sun Yat-sen University's school of chemical engineering and technology – which Pawliszyn has joined as a professor.
Pawliszyn is an internationally renowned analytical chemist and the inventor of two widely used analytical chemistry techniques. He was appointed a Canada Research Chair in 2003, became a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2010, and received the Chemical Institute of Canada Medal in 2023.
Open Questions
- What specific research will Pawliszyn conduct at Sun Yat-sen University?
- What motivated Pawliszyn to leave his Canadian positions?
- Will Pawliszyn maintain any affiliations with Canadian institutions?
