Chen Jiayong | |||||||||
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| Born | 17 February 1922 | ||||||||
| Died | 26 August 2019 (aged 97) Beijing, China | ||||||||
| Resting place | Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery | ||||||||
| Other names | Chia-yung Chen | ||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign National Central University | ||||||||
| Known for | Developing hydrometallurgy in China | ||||||||
| Spouse | Liu Rong | ||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||
| Awards | State Science and Technology Prizes (five times) Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize (1996) | ||||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||||
| Fields | Chemical engineering Hydrometallurgy | ||||||||
| Institutions | Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences | ||||||||
| Doctoral advisor | H.F. Johnstone | ||||||||
| Other academic advisors | Gao Jiyu, Sherlock Swann | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳家鏞 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈家镛 | ||||||||
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Chen Jiayong (Chinese: 陈家镛; also romanized as Chia-yung Chen; 17 February 1922 – 26 August 2019) was a Chinese metallurgist and chemical engineer. He was a research professor and Vice President of the Institute of Process Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). A pioneer in the development of hydrometallurgy in China, he was elected an academician of the CAS in 1980. He was awarded the State Science and Technology Prizes five times and the Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress in 1996.