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Chapter 616 - 370: Chinese-American Biology Professor (Please subscribe)_2

Chapter 616: Chapter 370: Chinese-American Biology Professor (Please subscribe)_2

If there’s a Chinese professor leading Ding Yue and others on a tour of the Science City, they will surely learn more.

"What’s the professor’s name?" Ding Yue asked immediately.

"Professor Yang Kaining, a professor of biological sciences at the Swiss Zurich Federal Institute of Technology," Wen Ruohan answered.

Ding Yue immediately took out his mobile phone and searched online for this Professor Yang Kaining.

Being a professor in such an important field as Biological Sciences at the Swiss Zurich Federal Institute of Technology, he must be quite a figure.

Sure enough, online information shows that Professor Yang Kaining, who is 52 years old this year, graduated from the Zurich Federal Institute of Technology with a degree in biological sciences and has decades of biomedical research experience abroad, with commendable achievements.

As he grew older, in addition to continuing his research in the field of biological sciences, Professor Yang Kaining returned to his alma mater to teach.

Furthermore, Ding Yue found out online that although Professor Yang Kaining is of Chinese descent, he still has strong emotional ties to Xia Country, and he visits it almost every year to live for two to three months.

For someone like Yang Kaining who is engaged in cutting-edge scientific fields, it is definitely better here in Switzerland, especially since the Zurich Federal Institute of Technology is his alma mater after all.

After a car ride, upon arriving at the new campus of the Zurich Federal Institute of Technology at the North Foothill, Wen Ruohan led everyone around the campus for approximately twenty minutes before they finally met Professor Yang Kaining in front of a teaching building.

"Hello, Professor Yang!"

Seeing Professor Yang Kaining, Wen Ruohan waved and immediately jogged over to him.

"Hello, hello. You must be Wen Ruohan, who contacted me online, correct?" Professor Yang Kaining looked at Wen Ruohan in front of him and asked with a smile.

Ding Yue took a close look at Professor Yang Kaining. Although he was in his fifties, he looked quite spirited. Wearing black-framed glasses, his demeanor very much resembled that of a prominent scientist.

It was such a pity that a person engaged in the research of biological sciences was not able to stay in his home country.

Given the opportunity, Ding Yue would definitely invite Professor Yang Kaining back to Xia Country to continue his research in biological sciences.

"Professor Yang, this is our Principal, Ding Yue!" Wen Ruohan gave a brief introduction of Principal Ding to Professor Yang Kaining.

"You are from... Mist City Arts and Science University?" It seemed that Professor Yang Kaining had not heard of this domestic university.

At this point, Ding Yue stepped forward, extended his hand to shake with Professor Yang, and said politely, "Hello, Professor Yang. A pleasure to finally meet. I am Ding Yue, the principal of Mist City Arts and Science University. We are a private university in our country, so you might not have heard of us."

"Oh, I see."

Professor Yang suddenly realized.

So it was a private university from his home country. It was no wonder he had not heard of it. If it was Mist City University, Yang Kaining, as someone quite familiar with his home country, would have known about it. Mist City University is one of the Double First Class Universities in the country.

But, he had indeed never heard of this Mist City Arts and Science University.

The majority of Professor Yang Kaining’s time is devoted to his research in biological sciences. While he’s familiar with the situation in his home country, it is quite normal for him not to know of Mist City Arts and Science University, a private university which has only been established for a little over a year.

Moreover, this young man Ding Xiao seemed quite youthful.

He must be the son of a domestic private education conglomerate, right?

If Yang Kaining had known this initially, he might have reconsidered Wen Ruohan’s suggestion over the internet to take them on a tour of the Zurich Federal Institute of Technology.

The reason Yang Kaining agreed in the first place was because Wen Ruohan seemed quite amiable in her internet correspondence, explaining that they had come from their home country, hoping to visit and learn from the Zurich Federal Institute of Technology.

Due to his Chinese heritage, Yang Kaining warmly agreed to Wen Ruohan’s request to take them on a thorough tour of the Zurich Federal Institute of Technology.

"Though our Mist City Arts and Science University is an obscure private university, we are aiming high in our learning journey. This is why, during our trip to Zurich, we absolutely have to visit the Zurich Federal Institute of Technology," Ding Yue said to Professor Yang Kaining with an eager-to-learn expression.

Indeed, Yang Kaining saw in Ding Yue an eager-to-learn attitude, which he appreciated.

"Alright then, I’ll show you around. This school is also known as the Science City of Zurich. Many scientific disciplines and majors at the Zurich Federal Institute of Technology are taught here in the new campus, including physics, architecture, and materials science, which are globally top-ranking."

Professor Yang Kaining began to lead Ding Yue and others around the Swiss Zurich Federal Institute of Technology’s campus, introducing Ding Yue to some of its features.

In fact, Ding Yue already knew all of this.

"I’ve heard that the physics at Swiss Zurich Federal Institute of Technology is impressive and being a physics student myself, that’s partly why I came here today,"

Ding Yue said, chuckling.

"So you’re a physics major, Principal Ding?" asked Professor Yang with curiosity.

Ding Yue scratched his head shyly, and replied, "I’m still young and inexperienced. I’ve only just started my graduate study."

Ding Yue hadn’t yet obtained his graduate degree yet, so of course he couldn’t compare with Professor Yang.

Professor Yang was a postdoctoral researcher at the Swiss Zurich Federal Institute of Technology!

"At your age, being able to undertake a graduate study is already impressive," Professor Yang naturally noticed Ding Yue’s age, which was indeed younger than most graduate students.

"Which university are you studying at, Principal Ding?" Professor Yang asked out of curiosity.

Ah, finally we’re getting to the point. In front of Professor Yang, Ding Yue’s academic qualifications might appear insignificant, but his university carried some weight: "I’m currently in the physics department at Qinghua University."

"Oh?"

Professor Yang was speechless, looking at Ding Yue in astonishment.

Studying physics at Qinghua University, that was definitely out of the ordinary. His future looked promising, and he was so young. It indicated that he had truly made achievements in physics.

If this were in his own field of biological science research, having a student of Ding Yue’s age undertaking graduate studies at Qinghua would undoubtedly be considered a genius by Professor Yang.

"Our Principal Ding has also developed the third generation of semiconductor material technology in our country," Wen Ruohan proudly interjected at this point.

"Hmm?"

Professor Yang hadn’t fully recovered from his initial surprise before Wen Ruohan’s words astonished him once again.

"Principal Ding, you... studied semiconductor materials?" Professor Yang asked curiously. "I thought there were some impediments in the development of the third-generation semiconductor material field domestically. You..."

"Professor Yang, I, along with several professors from Jiangnan University of Science and Technology, have indeed developed gallium nitride, a third-generation semiconductor material, which has brought our country to the global standard in this field. However, it’s not as great a feat as it might seem," Ding Yue said modestly.

However, Ding Yue’s words gave Professor Yang a new perspective on him.

Initially, he thought Ding Yue was just a rich young heir, nothing more than a young upstart. Yet not only was he a graduate student from the physics department at Qinghua, but he had also collaborated with domestic experts in physics to develop the third generation semiconductor material technology?

Though the third-generation semiconductor material technology wasn’t considered cutting-edge on a global scale, it certainly held significant importance domestically in Xia Country.

"Principal Ding, I would have never guessed you were this capable," Professor Yang said in surprise.

"Not really, Professor Yang," Ding Yue stayed humble.

As long as others recognized his skills, it was enough. He always aimed to keep a low profile, not flaunting his capabilities too much.

After all, there were countless people around the country and even the world who were far more capable than Ding Yue.

But there was only one Ding Yue in the world.

"By the way, Principal Ding, why are you in Zurich...?" Professor Yang suddenly became curious and asked.

"I’m leading our Mist City Arts and Science University’s computer science team to compete in the ACM International College Student Programming Competition!"

Upon hearing this, Ding Yue immediately raised his head, puffed out his chest, and answered proudly.