Chunli Bai

Bai has been President of the CAS since 2011 and President/Honorary President of the UCAS since 2001. Bai's major scientific achievements include the development of new techniques and methodologies for use in molecular and materials sciences. Bai successfully designed and developed China's first atomic force microscope (AFM), scanning tunneling microscope (STM), low-temperature STM, ultrahigh vacuum-STM, and ballistic electron emission microscope. Combined SPM image with theoretical calculation and simulation, he systematically investigated the interactions in several typical functional assembly that provided new insight into molecular self-assembly and surface chemical process.  He has been instrumental in furthering China’s nanoscience and nanotechnology research and international cooperation both as a chief scientist and a policy-maker. He has published research papers, reviews, and books. His important contributions have established Bai as a leading figure in the global chemistry community, and since 2013, he has been the President of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for the advancement of Science in developing countries.