On April 21, 2022, Xumu ZHANG, Vice Dean of the College of Science and Chair Professor of the Department of Chemistry at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), was elected as a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Engineering (RAE).

Recently, Hai-Zhou LU, Chair Professor of the Department of Physics at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), was awarded the 2021 Achievement in Asia Award (AAA Robert T. Poe Prize) by the International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers (OCPA) in recognition for his pioneering explorations on the theories of emergent quantum Hall effects.

On December 18, 2021, the 15th Wuxi AppTec Life Science and Chemistry Awards Ceremony was held online. Professor Chuang-Chuang LI from the Department of Chemistry at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) received the award at the event for his outstanding contributions in the field of total synthesis of natural products.

On April 22, 2021, the Department of Earth and Space Sciences (ESS) at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) held a series of activities to celebrate the 52nd World Earth Day, an annual event held to raise awareness for environmental protection.

Recently, Professor Stavros Garoufalidis from the Department of Mathematics of the College of Science at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), was invited to serve as an editorial board member of Geometry & Topology, a top international journal in the field of geometry and topology.

Recently, Qiu Shi Science & Technology Foundation announced the “Outstanding Young Scholar Award” winner list in 2020, with 12 scholars winning the prize. Tiangang YANG, assistant professor of the Chemistry Department is one of the 2020 award laureates.