The Asian Scientist 100
Bai Chunli
President
Institution
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Country
China
Field
Leadership
Bai, a nanotechnology pioneer and president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was elected a foreign member of the UK’s Royal Society in 2014.
(Photo: The World Academy of Sciences)
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