Professor Chi-Ming Che
Prof. Che received his B.Sc. (1978) and Ph.D. (1982) in Inorganic Chemistry from The University of Hong Kong (HKU). From 1980 to 1983, he studied at the California Institute of Technology as a research student under the supervision of Prof. Harry B. Gray. In 1983, he returned to his alma mater as a Lecturer and was appointed Chair Professor of Chemistry in 1992. He is the Director of the HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials at HKU. He is the Convenorof the Institute of Molecular Technology for Drug Discovery and Synthesis, an Area of Excellence Program awarded by University Grants Committeeof Hong Kong. He was elected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1995 at the age of 38. He is a Fellow of World Innovation Foundation(2004), Fellow of Federation of Asian Chemical Societies(2005), Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (2007), and Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (2008).
Area of research interest:
He has made contributions to reactive metal-ligand multiple-bonded complexes for atom and group transfer reactions, including C-H bond activation, alkene oxidation, C-N bond formation reaction and nitrido coupling reactions, and to phosphorescent transition metal complexes, including d8 and d10 metal complexes, and d2-metal-ligand multiple bonded complexes. In recent years, he has made contributions to integrating Inorganic Chemistry with Materials Science, Catalysis, and Biomedical Science, and has developed a number of interdisciplinary research areas, notably in (1) Phosphorescent Transition Metal Compounds, (2) Reactive Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonded Complexes for Biomimetic Atom and Group Transfer Reactions, and (3) Inorganic Medicines, including anti-cancer gold(III) complexes.
Notable prizes and awards received:
He has received the following prizes and awards in recognition of his achievements. In 1993, he received the Sixth National Natural Science Award of China for his contributions in the area of Oxidation Chemistry of High-Valent Ruthenium-Oxo Complexes. At the age of 38, he became an elected member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He was the first Hong Kong citizen to receive this honor. In 1997, he received thefirstCroucher Senior Fellowship award from Croucher Foundation of Hong Kong. He is the recipient of the First Class Prize of State Natural Science Award of China (2006) and is the first and only Hong Kong scientist and one of the sixChinese scientistsas Principal Investigator on whom this honor has been bestowed by People's Republic of Chinafrom year 1990 to 2010. Other awards include: IUF Invited Professorship from France(2002); National Outstanding Young Scholar Award(2003); Federation of Asian Chemical Societies Foundation Lectureship(2003); Fellow of World Innovation Foundation(2004); Fellow of Federation of Asian Chemical Societies(2005); TWAS Prize in Chemistry from the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (2006); Pfizer Lectureship(2006); Seaborg Lectureship at the University of California at Berkeley(2007); Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (2007); Prize of Ho Leung Ho Lee (HLHL) Foundation for Scientific and Technological Progress (2007) (the first Hong Kong scientist to receive this honor); Edward Clark LeeLectureship at University of Chicago(2008); the Leader of Year 2008 Hong Kong (Research); Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (2008); Molecular Sciences Forum Lecture Professorship at Institute of Chemistry, CAS (2009).He holds Honorary and/or concurrent Professorships, including at The National Taiwan University, Nanjing University, Peking University, and State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry at Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS. He is listed as one of the Highly Cited Researchers worldwide by ISIHighlyCited.com(Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Web of Knowledge, Thomson-ISI). According to the Web of Science (Thomson-ISI), Prof. Che has an H-index of 70.
Abstract
Functional Molecular Materials and Photo-Catalysis with Phosphorescent Square Planar Metal Complexes
