Profiles - Prof Chunli Bai and Sandy Gray
Prof Chunli Bai and Sandy Gray
 During
summer 2004, SCI elected two new Vice Presidents, Prof Chunli
Bai and Sandy Gray. In representing and advising the Society,
they will work with the governance structure and alongside
World President Sir Tom McKillop, AstraZeneca Chief Executive
Officer.
Prof Bai, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
is an authority in the field of scanning tunnelling microscopes
(STM). He initiated and promoted the development of scanning
probe microscopy research in China. Leading the research,
he successfully developed the first atomic and laser-atomic
force microscope, and the first ballistic electron emission
microscope in China.
Bai graduated in chemistry from Peking University before
going on to gain a doctorate from the CAS Institute of Chemistry.
Following a two-year spell in the US as a research associate
at the California Institute of Technology, he became Associate
Professor, full Professor and later Deputy Director at the
Institute. A one-year visiting professorship at the Institute
for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Japan, preceded
his appointment to the prestigious post of CAS Vice President
in 1996. CAS has 108 scientific research institutes in different
parts of China, and over 200 science and technology enterprises.
Its 58 000 strong staff includes almost 40 000 scientific
personnel.
Prof Bai received the SCI International Medal in 2001 (see
page). He holds five patents and is the author of over
200 papers and 10 books. In 1989 he received the CAS Young
Scientist Award, in 1994 the China Young Scientist Award,
and in 1992 was named one of the Top Ten Outstanding Young
Personalities in China. Much of his effort has gone into promoting
multidisciplinary research, and in ensuring there is sufficient
investment in the development of talent for China’s future
requirements.
 Sandy
Gray retired in June 2003 from the position of Vice President,
Global Supply Chain for the Household Care business of Unilever,
the multinational corporation based in the Netherlands and
UK, which owns some of the world’s best-known brands
in household and personal care products and in food.
Gray completed a degree in chemistry at Oxford University
and soon after started a 35-year career with Unilever. Assignments
took him to various locations in the UK, Thailand, the Netherlands,
Portugal, Brazil and Germany. He was Head of R&D for the
Unilever Speciality Chemicals Group between 1990 and 1997.
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