报告题目：Research Excellence and Impact in World Class Universities

报告时间:  2018-06-08 14:00-15:00

报告地点：逸夫楼演讲厅

报告人:  英国萨里大学校长 G.Q.Max Lu (逯高清) 教授

联系人：  杨化桂教授

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Biography

Professor GQ Max Lu AO DL FAA FTSE

President and Vice-Chancellor

    Professor Max Lu has been President and Vice-Chancellor of University of Surrey since April 2016. Previously he was Provost and Senior Vice-President at the University of Queensland, Australia. He has been appointed to the Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology, the Boards of UK Research and Innovation, National Physical Laboratory, Universities UK, and serves on the Leadership Council of the National Centre for Universities and Business.

Abstract 

    World class universities however they are ranked and measured are built on the fundamental excellence of the talent within the organisation, and openness and collaboration of its academic staff with leading international institutions, which lead to the high quality graduates and research outcomes.  In turn, the high quality graduates will become leaders of influence in their careers and professions, making contributions to society as a whole.  Top researchers will generate high quality publications and inventions that will transform industries and change the world.  As a result of the quality graduates and research, the university’s reputation will rise into the world-class as time goes by.  Such is the virtuous cycle of excellence and impact in higher education.

    In this talk, an introduction of higher education and research environment in the UK will be made first, and then the key elements of successful research intensive universities becoming world-class will be highlighted.  Some examples of University of Surrey’s research impact will be used to illustrate how one should go about building an excellence culture for research and high impact partnerships.  The talk will also cover the key attributes for top researchers and how to develop talent in a top university as a holistic leadership issue.

报告人简介：

    Professor Max Lu has been President and Vice-Chancellor of University of Surrey since April 2016. Previously he was Provost and Senior Vice-President at the University of Queensland, Australia. He has been appointed to the Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology, the Boards of UK Research and Innovation, National Physical Laboratory, Universities UK, and serves on the Leadership Council of the National Centre for Universities and Business.He is Deputy Lieutenant of County of Surrey. Professor Lu lectured at Nanyang Technological University from 1991 to 1994, and had held academic and leadership positions at the University of Queensland from 1994 to 2016, rising from senior lecturer to chair professor. He founded the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials and served as its inaugural director for 8 years. He was awarded the Australian Research Council (ARC) Federation Fellowship twice, respectively, in 2003 and 2008.

    As a double Highly Cited Researcher in both Materials Science and Chemistry, he has published over 500 journal papers on nanomaterials (h=111 and over 50,000 citations @Scopus). He is co-inventor of more than 20 granted international patents.He has been honoured with numerous awards including Orica Award, RK Murphy Medal, Le Fevre Prize, ExxonMobil Award, China International Science and Technology Award, Japan Chemical Society Lecture Award, Chemeca Medal, and P.V. Danckwerts Lecture. He was also recently honoured with a Medal of the Order of Australia (Officer in the General Division) for his distinguished service to education and international research in the field of materials chemistry and nanotechnology, to engineering, and to Australia-China relations.

    Professor Lu has served on many government committees and advisory boards including those under the Australian Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council, ARC College of Experts, Australian Synchrotron, Stem Cells Australia. He is Fellow of Institution of Chemical Engineers, Royal Society of Chemistry, Australian Academy of Science, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, and World Academy of Science.