Du Jiangfeng (Chinese: 杜江峰; pinyin: Dù Jiāngfēng; born June 1969) is a Chinese physicist, university administrator and politician, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, currently serving as president of Zhejiang University.
Du Jiangfeng | |
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杜江峰 | |
President of Zhejiang University | |
Assumed office 28 December 2022 | |
Preceded by | Wu Zhaohui |
Personal details | |
Born | June 1969 (age 55) Wuxi, Jiangsu, China |
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Alma mater | University of Science and Technology of China |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Quantum physics |
Institutions | University of Science and Technology of China Zhejiang University |
He is a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He is an alternate member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]
Biography
editDu was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu, in June 1969.[2] He attended Tianyi High School of Jiangsu Province (江苏省天一中学).[3] He earned a bachelor's degree in 1990, a master's degree in 1997, and a doctor's degree in 2000, all from the University of Science and Technology of China.[2]
After graduating in 1990, he stayed and taught at his alma mater.[2] From 2005 to 2007, he was a researcher of Dortmund University in Germany.[2] He was appointed as a "Changjiang Scholar" (or " Yangtze River Scholar") by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China in 2008.[2] He moved up the ranks to become deputy dean of its School of Physics in 2012 and vice president in April 2018.[2]
On 28 December 2022, the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party appointed Du as president of Zhejiang University, a position at vice-ministerial level.[4]
Honours and awards
edit- 2012 State Natural Science Award (Second Class) for the research on quantum computing based on nuclear spin
- October 2015 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- 2019 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation
References
edit- ^ Xu Kun (徐锟) (22 October 2022). 中国共产党第二十届中央委员会候补委员名单(171名). Chinadaily (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Wang Keyuan (王珂园) (8 May 2018). 杨金龙、杜江峰任中国科学技术大学副校长. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ Wu Pingping (吴苹苹) (6 June 2022). 中国科学院院士杜江峰:保送中科大少年班却经历最苦时光. qianlong.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ 浙大、武大迎来新校长. sina (in Chinese). 28 December 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.