Olivier Bonnaud Won the 2023 Chinese Government Friendship Award

[SEU News Network, Feb. 8^th] (Correspondents: Lei Wei, Zhong Xuefei) The 2023 Chinese Government Friendship Award ceremony was grandly held in Beijing on Feb. 4^th. Prof. Olivier Bonnaud, recommended by MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Information Display and Visualization, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Southeast University, was awarded the 2023 Chinese Government Friendship Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to talent cultivation and scientific research in Chinese universities. Through a rigorous selection process, Prof. Bonnaud was honored with the 2023 Chinese Government Friendship Award and participated in a symposium.

The Chinese Government Friendship Award is a kind of honor established by the Chinese government specifically to commend foreign experts who have made significant contributions to China’s reform and development. In 2023, a total of 50 foreign experts were honored with this prestigious award.

Prof. Bonnaud is an expert in the field of thin-film transistors. He previously served as a distinguished professor and Dean of the Doctoral School at the University of Rennes 1, as well as Chairman of the France Higher Education Committee and the Electronic Division of the French Electrical and Electronics Engineering Society. He was honored with the “Special Contribution Award” and the “Outstanding Contribution Award” from the European Union of Electrical and Information Engineering and Education Society in 2008 and 2009, respectively. In 2014, he was appointed as a foreign expert under China’s High-End Foreign Experts Recruitment Program, and in 2018, he was awarded the “Jiangsu Friendship Award”.

Since 2005, Prof. Bonnaud has been instrumental in establishing and continually developing joint scientific research and talent cultivation systems in the field of electronic information between Chinese and French universities. In 2016, he collaborated with universities such as the University of Bordeaux and the University of Nantes to establish the “MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Information Display and Visualization” in collaboration with SEU. He spearheaded the establishment of the Joint Graduate Education Program in Microelectronics between SEU and the University of Rennes 1, introducing advanced French engineering education models to domestic universities like SEU. Through his direct teaching demonstrations, he has directly benefited more than 1,000 students and faculty members. In addition, Prof. Bonnaud has actively contributed to Sino-French cooperation and exchanges, particularly in educational reform and international talent cultivation. He has led his team in collaborative research on cutting-edge technologies in the field of thin-film transistors, resulting in the development of high-resolution silicon-based liquid crystal spatial light modulators and high-performance X-ray flat panel detectors. Meanwhile, he has also served as a technical expert and chief consultant for multiple domestic enterprises, actively promoting the transformation and commercialization of scientific and technological achievements in Jiangsu and other regions in China.