Liaoning Science and Technology Association issued “Notice on the Selection of the First Batch of Leading Scholars of Liaoning Province”, releasing the list of the firstly-selected “Leading Scholars of Liaoning Province”. Through fierce competition and strict assessment, Prof. Song Youtao, Dean of School of Environmental Sciences, was selected as one of the first batch of “Leading Scholars of Liaoning Province”.

This selection focuses on natural sciences areas such as basic sciences, technological sciences and engineering technology, especially the predominant disciplines and key industries. The committee selects high-end scientific and technological talents with profound academic attainments, excellent academic ability and lofty moral quality to serve the region, incubate young scholars, and create a reserve team of national-level scholars such as academicians, thus providing personnel and intellectual support for the overall and omni-dimensional revitalization of Liaoning Province.