Gao Xiaoxia

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After returning to China in May 1951, Gao joined the Department of Chemistry (later the Institute of Analytical Chemistry) of Peking University. Initially a lecturer, she rose to assistant and full professor, and served three terms as the Director of Analytical Chemistry.

In 1966, the Cultural Revolution began. Many academics were persecuted and killed. Gao and her husband were accused of spying for the former Kuomintang government and sent to a labor camp in 1969;: 8  they were released and returned to Peking University in 1972.

Gao focused on instrumentation, developing tools and methods in polarography and applying them to the detection of trace elements. She was particularly interested in platinum group elements and rare earths. Her work led to greater understanding of the lanthanides and actinides. Her work supported the development of separation processes for rare earth elements, introduced by her husband, which reduced the time and cost of extracting such materials. She also helped to develop China's first monitoring station for the measurement of air pollution.

Gao was active in the Chinese Chemical Society between 1978 and 1990. She held various leadership positions including being the Director of the Popular Science Committee and the Deputy Director of the Committee of Analytical Chemistry. She was elected to the Chinese Academy of Science in 1980.

Gao published both papers and books, including Introduction to Electroanalytical Chemistry (1986) and Rare Earth agricultural and electroanalytical chemistry (1997). Her students include the first two Chinese to defend PhD theses in chemistry in mainland China: Zhang Manping and Jiao Kui.: 120

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