Soochow University Won two Science and Technology Awards of Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation

On November 3rd, The 2020 Award Presentation Ceremony of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation was held in Beijing. Liu He, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier, attended the event. Professor Lu Jianmei won the prize for scientific and technological innovation of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation and Professor Wu Depei won the prize for scientific and technological progress of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation. This is the first time that Soochow University has won the award.

Professor Lu Jianmei has conducted continuous research on three major issues concerning complex pollutant composition, efficient recovery and purification, and accurate detection. The “oil absorbing treasure material” invented by her has been successfully applied in over 40 major oil spill accidents at home and abroad, and has been evaluated as “magical material” by Professor Sharpless, the Nobel Laureate in chemistry. The invention of dual functional materials and equipment of “enhanced enrichment / catalytic degradation” breaks the situation that domestic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) mainly relied on Japanese imports. The invention of multi electric signal response materials breaks through international technical problems.

Professor Lu Jianmei is the representative of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. She has undertaken 16 national level projects, published 371 high-quality papers in famous Journals, and had 122 authorized invention patents (22 U.S. patents), 11 patent transfers and 32 achievements industrialization. She has won 2 second prizes of national technological invention, 1 second prize of national science and technology progress and 4 first prizes of provincial and ministerial level. She has been elected member of the Chinese Chemical Society and the Royal Chemical Society of the United Kingdom, and served as an international consultant of CHEM-ASIANJ.

Professor Wu Depei has been engaged in the clinical and scientific research of Hematology Diseases for nearly 40 years. Focusing on hematological malignancies and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, he has formulated the recommended treatment plan for Chinese population (MDS), and presided over the compilation of the first MDS diagnosis and treatment guideline in China. His research results have been published in famous journals including blood, leukemia, enhancing international influence of Chinese hematology research. He has led the team to continuously optimize the key links of transplantation, created “Suzhou mode” of bone marrow transplantation, and built a well-known Suzhou bone marrow transplantation center at home and abroad. The scale ranks the fifth in the world and the second in the country.

Professor Wu Depei is currently a member of the National Committee of the Chinese people’s Political Consultative Conference, Chairman of the Hematology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, and Executive Deputy Director of the National Center for Clinical Medicine of Hematological Diseases. He has undertaken more than 10 national level projects, published 163 high-quality papers, edited 10 monographs, and won 2 second prizes of national science and technology progress and the 18th Wu Jieping– Paul Janssen Medical & Pharmaceutical Award.