Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1996

Prof. Zuowe i Xi e Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry Prof. Xie was bom in a small city of southern China and graduated with a BS degree in chemistry from Hangzhou University in 1983. He received his MS degree from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry ， Chinese Academy of Science in 1986, and his Ph.D. degree in chemistry in 1990 under a joint Ph.D. programme between the Shanghai Institute o f Organic Chemistry and Technische Universität Berlin. Prof. Xie was a research associate at the Shanghai Institute o f Organic Chemistry in 1990-91 when he won the young chemist award of the Chinese Chemical Society. He then worked at the University of Southern California as a research associate for over three years. His research interests include organometallic and coordination chemistry of f- and d-block transition metal complexes, homogenous catalysis and coordinative unsaturation ， metallocarborane, and weakly coordinating anions. He has more than 26 publications to his credit. Prof. Xie's works on silicon and boron chemistry have twice been highlighted in the prestigious Chemical and Engineering News. New Professorial Appointments Prof. A.E , Mackenzi e Professor of Nursing Prof. A.E. Mackenzie has been appointed professor of nursing (clinical nursing) from 1st June 1995. Prof. Mackenzie moved from the practice of community nursing to nurse education in 1978. She obtained her MA in education from the University of London in 1984 and her doctorate from the University of Surrey i n 1990. Before joining The Chinese University in 1993, she was lecturer in nursing in various institutions of higher education in Essex and at the University of London. She has had extensive experience in teaching nursing, coordination courses, developing curriculum, and conducting research. She was promoted to senior lecturer rank in August 1994. 36