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Lo Tsung-lo | |
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| Born | (1898-08-02)2 August 1898 |
| Died | 26 October 1978(1978-10-26) (aged 80) |
| Other names | 羅宗洛 |
| Education | Hokkaido Imperial University (BS,MS,PhD) |
| Occupation | Scientist (Plant physiology) |
Lo Tsung-lo (Chinese:羅宗洛;pinyin:Luó Zōngluò; 2 August 1898 – 26 October 1978) was a Chinesebotanist andplant physiologist. Lo was a main founder of modernplant physiology in China. He was the first president ofNational Taiwan University after World War II.
Lo was born inHuangyan,Zhejiang,Qing China on 2 August 1898. His father was a merchant. Lo enteredHangzhou Anding Middle School in 1911. In 1912, Lo transferred toShanghaiNanyang Middle School and graduated in 1917.
Lo went to Japan and entered theCollege-preparatory school in theFirst Higher School at first. Next, he studied in theSecond Higher School. After graduation, he entered theHokkaido Imperial University, and majoredagricultural science. After receiving his bachelor's degree and master's degree, Lo submitted his doctoral dissertation[1] to Hokkaido Imperial University and received aPh.D. in 1930. He was the second Chinese student to earn a doctoral degree from one of Japan'sImperial Universities.[2]
Lo returned to China and in February 1930 became professor and head of the department of biology atSun Yat-sen University inGuangzhou. In 1932, Lo moved to Shanghai and became a professor atJinan University. In 1933, Lo moved toNational Central University (nowNanjing University) and served as a professor in its department of biology. From 1940 to 1944, Lo was a professor atZhejiang University. In the summer of 1944, Lo became the director of the Botany Research Institute ofAcademia Sinica inChongqing, which was the wartime capital of China during theSecond Sino-Japanese War.
After the war ended in 1945, Lo was sent to Taiwan by the central government to take over Taihoku Imperial University (nowNational Taiwan University). He became the acting president of National Taiwan University in 1946, and is thus regarded as its first president. In October 1946, the Botany Research Institute of Academia Sinica was moved from Chongqing to Shanghai, with Lo still assigned as its president.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Lo became the first president of the Research Institute of Plant Physiology of theChinese Academy of Sciences. Lo was one of the main founders of the Chinese Society for Plant Physiology, and was its first and second president.
Luo was a member ofAcademia Sinica (1948 election), and academician of theChinese Academy of Sciences (1955 election). He died on 26 October 1978 atZhongshan Hospital in Shanghai.
