Ouyang Pingkai

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ouyang.

Ouyang Pingkai
欧阳平凯
President of Nanjing Tech University
In office August 2001 – July 2012
Preceded by	New title
Succeeded by	Huang Wei
Personal details
Born	(1945-08-16)16 August 1945 Pingle County, Guangxi, China
Died	30 January 2023(2023-01-30) (aged 77) Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Tsinghua University
Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry
Institutions	Nanjing Tech University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	欧阳平凯
Traditional Chinese	歐陽平凱
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Ōuyáng Pángkǎi

Ouyang Pingkai (Chinese: 欧阳平凯; 16 August 1945 – 30 January 2023) was a Chinese engineer, a president of Nanjing Tech University, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.^[1]

Ouyang was a representative of the 16th and the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.^[2]

Biography

Ouyang Pingkai was born in Pingle County, Guangxi, on 16 August 1945, while his ancestral home was in Xiangtan, Hunan.^[2] His father died in 1957 after he was labeled as a rightist by the Communist government, and Ouyang was forced to work to support his family instead of going to middle school. In 1963, he was admitted to Tsinghua University, where he majored in chemical engineering.^[2]

After graduating in December 1968, he was assigned to the Shijiazhuang Electrification Plant as a workshop director, where he worked for almost ten years.

In September 1978, he did his postgraduate work at Tsinghua University as part of the first group of graduate students following the ten-year Cultural Revolution.^[2]

In 1981, he was despatched to Nanjing Institute of Chemical Technology (renamed Nanjing Tech University in 2001). In April 1989 he was promoted to deputy director of the Department of Applied Chemistry, and to director in February 1992.^[2] He moved up the ranks to become vice president in February 1994 and president in December 1995.^[2] He was a visiting scholar at the University of Waterloo in April 1985, and then Purdue university in December 1986.^[2][3] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1987.^[2]

On 30 January 2023, he died in Nanjing, Jiangsu, at the age of 77.^[2]

Honours and awards

• 2001 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)

References

1. 沉痛悼念！南京工业大学欧阳平凯院士逝世！. 163.com (in Chinese). 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
2. Yang Tianzi (杨甜子) (30 January 2023). 中国工程院院士欧阳平凯逝世，他创立了我国第一个生物化工专业. qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 January 2023.
3. 南京工业大学校长欧阳平凯获颁加滑大荣誉博士. chinanews.com.cn (in Chinese). 29 October 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

Educational offices
New title	President of Nanjing Tech University 2001–2012	Succeeded by Huang Wei (黄维)