Zhifang Chai

Professor Zhifang Chai is a radiochemist working at the Multidisciplinary Initiative Centre, Institute of High Energy Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He graduated from Fudan University, China, in 1964. As a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, he worked at Cologne University from 1980 to 1982 in the field of nuclear technology and its applications. Later, he worked in France, the USA, the Netherlands and Japan. He has long been involved in the methodology of...See more

Professor Zhifang Chai is a radiochemist working at the Multidisciplinary Initiative Centre, Institute of High Energy Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He graduated from Fudan University, China, in 1964. As a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, he worked at Cologne University from 1980 to 1982 in the field of nuclear technology and its applications. Later, he worked in France, the USA, the Netherlands and Japan. He has long been involved in the methodology of nuclear analytical techniques and their multidisciplinary applications, especially in the study of the chemical speciation of trace elements in environmental and biological systems. He has authored or co-authored over 332 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 6 Chinese books and 3 English books. He is a titular member of Analytical Chemistry Division, International Union for Pure and Applied Chemsitry, Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, and many domestic and international scientific societies. He is a member of editorial board or advisory committee of 10 international and national journals. In 2005 he was awarded the George von Hevesy Award - the premier international award of excellence to honour outstanding achievements in radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry. In 2007 he was elected as a member (Academician) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His present interest is to develop novel nuclear analytical methods for the study of metallomics. See less