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george chen

george z. chen frsc -lrb- -rrb- is professor of electrochemical technologies at the university of nottingham .
in 1996 -- 1997 , together with derek fray and tom farthing , he co-invented the ffc cambridge process of electrochemical reduction of oxides to metals , where ffc abbreviates the last names of the inventors .
chen graduated from jiujiang teacher training college in 1981 and obtained his msc degree in physical chemistry from fujian normal university in 1984 .
he then moved to england and in 1992 defended his phd at the university of london under the supervision of john albery .
after spending four years as a postdoctoral researcher at the university of oxford , leeds university and university of cambridge he became senior research associate -lrb- 1998 -rrb- , assistant director of research -lrb- 2001 -rrb- and official fellow -lrb- 2003 -rrb- of darwin college , cambridge .
in 2003 he assumed a position of reader at the university of nottingham and in 2009 was promoted to professor .
