Han Zhanwen

Han Zhanwen (simplified Chinese: 韩占文; traditional Chinese: 韓占文; pinyin: Hán Zhànwén; born 1965) is a Chinese astrophysicist.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Han.
Han Zhanwen
Born1965 (age 54–55)
Shunping County, Hebei, China
NationalityChinese
Alma materHebei University
University of Cambridge
University of Science and Technology of China
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsYunnan Astronomical Observatory

Biography

Han was born in 1965 in Shunping County, Hebei. He completed his bachelor's degree from Hebei University in 1984 and earned a master's degree from Yunnan Astronomical Observatory in 1987.[1] After that, he continued his study at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and got his doctor's degree in 1995. He did post-doctoral research at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei.

On August 3, 2012, he was appointed director of Yunnan Astronomical Observatory.

Han was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on November 28, 2017.[2]

In 2018 he became an Associate Editor of the Journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.

Awards
  • 2016 Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize for Science and Technology.[3]

References
  1. 我校物理系八四届校友韩占文当选2017年中国科学院院士. Hebei University (in Chinese). 2017-11-28.
  2. 关于公布2017年中国科学院院士增选当选院士名单的公告. casad.cas.cn (in Chinese). 2017-11-28.
  3. 2016年度何梁何利基金获奖名单揭晓，施一公获科学与技术成就奖. Sohu (in Chinese). 2016-10-21.
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