Professor Cao Chunan's main research field is corrosion electrochemistry. He was one of the earliest scholars engaged in this research. The research field of electrochemistry, a basic theory, has always been a weak link in China's scientific community. The application of the basic theory of electrochemistry to the study and explanation of corrosion phenomena has not been well studied and solved for a long time. Cao Chunan pioneered and led the field of electrochemistry in the direction of corrosion, published many papers on electrochemical corrosion, and also published Principles of Corrosion Electrochemistry, which explained and expounded from a professional perspective and gave a rigorous theoretical explanation of various phenomena. 1987 won the fourth prize of national natural science.
As an important leader in the field of electrochemical corrosion, Cao Chunan led or directed 16 research achievements, of which 5 reached the international level, and 12 won major national scientific and technological achievements. Not only that, he also trained many graduate students and doctoral students, which can be said to be full of peaches and plums and gained a lot.
Maybe ordinary people don't know his professional field, but we all know that it is these scholars' down-to-earth and tireless research in the research field that makes our ordinary people's lives improve rapidly, and everything in our lives can't be separated from the efforts of these scholars.
Cao Chunan said in the academician's readme:? In fact, it is a well-known truth to use stupid kung fu in study, but I realized this truth later through success and failure in study and exploration in work. ?
Stupid kung fu may mean boring research career and countless failures day after day, but the satisfaction and joy of one success offset the sense of powerlessness brought by countless failures for many years, and it is these people who are willing to work hard that make our life more possible.
Perhaps he is not famous in the eyes of ordinary people, but in his professional field, he is a superstar, and he is a shining star among these unknown scholars behind him.