▼OVERVIEW

Focused on the newest development of international science and technology and oriented to the national major strategic demand, the International Center of Future Science (ICFS) is dedicated to carry out scientific frontier research and applied research, introduce international top-ranking talents and train students among the best of the world, through international cooperation and interdisciplinary collaboration. It aims to bring out epoch-making academic thoughts and new outstanding interdisciplinary results, and strives to build a world-class center for science and innovation.

Established in 2016, ICFS serves as a major academic window and a special talents zone of JLU led by Professor Yu Jihong, the academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and fellow of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). A Strategic Advisory Board composed of top international scientists such as the Nobel Prize laureates and an Academic Committee consisting of Chinese and foreign academicians were set up to provide strategic planning and supervision, academic evaluation and intellectual support for ICFS, respectively. As a platform for international exchange and cooperation, ICFS enjoys world-class working conditions and environment. In 2018, it was recognized by the Ministry of Science and Technology as the National Center for International Research.

It has 9 research teams, which are Advanced Energy and Environmental Materials, High Pressure Science and Technology, Millimeter Microwave Technology and Applications, Advanced Metallic Materials, Translational Immunology, Artificial Intelligence, New Concept Materials, Strategic Advanced Electronic Materials and Low-carbon-clean Energy Enrichment and Carbon Dioxide Storage. By way of “masters + teams”, each team is co-headed by a foreign chief scientist and a Chinese chief scientist to lead young scientists, excellent postdocs and outstanding graduate students to tackle key challenges together.

ICFS has built up a cooperation platform for scientific research and talent cultivation with the world's top universities through bilateral joint research centers and world-leading scientists studios. It has set up the joint research center respectively with the University of Queensland, the University of Groningen, the University of Strasbourg, Deakin University and the Macquarie University, and has 100 overseas visiting experts every year. In 2022, Institute for Carbon Neutrality, Jilin University was established based on ICFS.

ICFS has over 50 outstanding talents in various fields, among which Chinese scientists have won the second prize of National Natural Science Award, the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Progress Award, 2017 IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Award, the Walter Kohn Prize from the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics and Quantum ESPRESSO Foundation and other important honors, and 2 foreign experts have won the Chinese Government Friendship Award.

ICFS attaches great importance to the training of graduate students and regards it as one of the key tasks during its strategic development. It actively utilizes high-quality international faculty, provides an advanced training environment for graduate students. ICFS relies on the international network of academic cooperation to select and recommend outstanding graduate students to world-leading universities for 1-2 years of study, to develop their international vision and ability of international dialogue and enhance their core competitiveness. Currently, there are a total of 57 doctoral students in ICFS, and 14 doctoral graduates.

ICFS plans to build a Future Science Park, with a total construction area of about 31,000 m², including basic scientific research buildings, testing centers, advanced manufacturing buildings, collaborative innovation buildings, and academic exchange centers, providing office and experimental space for joint research centre as well. It is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.

▼ADMINISTRATION

■Director:

YU Jihong, Academician of CAS

■Deputy Director:

LI Yi, HAN Wei, SHI Lei, GAO Wei

■Techiniacal Support Team:

ZHANG Bo, LIU Liping, LIU He, LIN Qingfang, LIU Pusheng, CHENG Tuo, WANG Chen, ZHANG Jiani

■Administrative Service Team:

Xiaoyi ZHANG, Jiayu CUI, Guiping JING

▼ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE