A young professor who is only 28 years old has been appointed as deputy dean of a newly-established institute at the University of Electronic Science and Technology in southwest China's Sichuan Province, reports thepaper.cn.

 

澎湃新闻网报道，中国四川电子科技大学一位年仅28岁的年轻教授被任命为新成立学院的副院长。
 

 

Liu Mingzhen, an expert in materials science, will lead the Material and Energy Institute which was established on January 19.

 

Liu obtained her bachelor's degree at the University of Bristol when she was only 21 years old. She then received her master's degree at the University of Cambridge and doctor's degree at the University of Oxford¹.

 

She published a thesis on the Nature magazine at the age of 23, becoming the youngest Chinese female scholar to put her name on the world-famous science journal.

 

In 2015, Liu was included in China's Recruitment Program of Global Experts, a national program aiming to attract more overseas talents.

 

Before being appointed as deputy dean, Liu Mingzhen led the establishment of the applied² chemistry research center at the University of Electronic Science and Technology.

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