On May 13, Professor Nigel Brandon, Vice President of Imperial College London and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, led a delegation to visit Xiamen University (XMU). Professor Zhang Rong, Secretary of the Party Committee of XMU , met with the visiting delegation. The exchange session was also attended by Professor Zheng Nanfeng, CAS Member and Dean of the College of Energy.

Professor Zhang Rong spoke highly of Professor Brandon’s academic achievements and contributions to research translation in the field of electrochemical energy. He noted that XMU and Imperial College London have maintained cooperative ties since 2012, with frequent mutual visits driving continuous in-depth collaboration between the two institutions.

On the occasion, Professor Zhang Rong awarded Professor Nigel Brandon an honorary professorship of Xiamen University.

The XMU Nanqiang Academic Lecture was held in the lecture hall of the Tan Kah Kee Innovation Laboratory. Delivering a lecture titled “Innovation in Electrochemical technologies for the low carbon energy transition”, Professor Brandon drew on decades of research experience to systematically elaborate on innovative electrochemical technology pathways for low-carbon energy transition.

In the afternoon , a symposium between the visiting delegation and XMU representatives was held at Hemu Building of the College of Energy. At the symposium, the two sides exchanged views on joint student training, reciprocal visits of young scholars and the establishment of joint scientific research platforms.