Pan Junhua (Chinese: 潘君骅; 14 October 1930 – 18 December 2023) was a Chinese applied optics engineer, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He was a member of the Chinese Communist Party.[1][2]

Pan Junhua
潘君骅
Born(1930-10-14)14 October 1930
Died18 December 2023(2023-12-18) (aged 93)
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Alma materTsinghua University
Scientific career
FieldsApplied optics
InstitutionsNanjing Astronomical Instrument Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinPān Junhuá

Biography

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Pan was born in Shanghai, on 14 October 1930, while his ancestral home in Changzhou, Jiangsu.[1][2] He attended the Wukang County Middle School and Shanghai Nanyang Model High School.[1] In 1949, he was accepted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University.[1][2] After university in 1952, he was despatched to the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics.[1][2] In 1956, he went to the Pulkovo Observatory in the Soviet Union to study astronomical optics and obtained an associate doctoral degree under the supervision of academician Maksutov (马克苏托夫).[1][2]

He returned to China in 1960 and continued to work at the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics.[1][2] In 1980, he was transferred to the Nanjing Astronomical Instrument Research Center, where he led the development of a 2.16-meter optical astronomical telescope, which earned him the First Class of State Science and Technology Progress Award in 1998.[1][2] He became a researcher at the Institute of Modern Optics, Suzhou University in May 2000.[1][2]

In 2019, an asteroid with the international designation 216331 was officially named "Pan Junhua Asteroid" in recognition of Pan's significant contributions in the field of applied optics research for a long time.[1][2]

On 18 December 2023, he died from an illness in Suzhou, at the age of 93.[1][2][3]

Honours and awards

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  • 1998 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class) for the 2.16-meter optical astronomical telescope[2]
  • 1999 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)[2]
  • 1999 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Third Class) for the folded axis stepped grating spectrometer[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Song Hui (宋慧) (20 December 2023). 苏州大学发布讣告:潘君骅院士逝世,享年94岁. shobserver.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Wang Jianliang (王建亮) (19 December 2023). 中国工程院院士、著名应用光学专家潘君骅逝世,享年94岁. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  3. ^ 沉痛悼念!潘君骅院士逝世. qq.com (in Chinese). 20 December 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2024.