Fan Haifu
Fan Haifu | |
|---|---|
范海福 | |
 | |
| Born | 15 August 1933 |
| Died | 8 July 2022 (aged 88) Beijing, China |
| Education | Guangdong Experimental High School[1] |
| Alma mater | Peking University |
| Spouse | Li Fanghua |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Crystallography |
| Institutions | Chinese Academy of Sciences The World Academy of Sciences |
Fan Haifu (Chinese: 范海福; pinyin: Fàn Haǐfú; 15 August 1933 – 8 July 2022)[2] was a Chinese crystallographer, physicist, and writer. He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences.[3]
Biography
[edit]Fan was born and raised in Guangzhou, Guangdong, during the Republic of China. He secondary studied at Guangdong Experimental High School (Chinese: 广东实验中学).[4] He graduated from Peking University in 1956, where he majored in chemistry. He studied chemistry and physics under Tang Youqi (Chinese: 唐有祺), Fu Ying (Chinese: 傅鹰), Xu Guangxian, Zhou Guangzhao, Chen Shaoli (Chinese: 陈绍礼), and Wu Qianzhang (Chinese: 吴乾章).[4] After graduation, he applied for an internship in the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and became a professor at University of Science and Technology of China and Sun Yat-sen University.
He was elected a fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991 and a fellow of the World Academy of Sciences in 2000. He is also a recipient of the 1996 TWAS Prize.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Fan married Li Fanghua, she was also a Chinese physicist.[6]
Book
[edit]- Physical and Non-Physical Methods of Solving Crystal Structures (collaboration with Michael Woolfson)
Awards
[edit]- The Second Class Prize of Natural Sciences of China (1987)
- The TWAS award in physics (1996)
- The Tan Kah Kee Science Award in mathematics and physics (2006)
References
[edit]- ^ "中国科学院院士——范海福". Guangdong Experimental High School (in Chinese). 2005.
- ^ 晶体学家范海福院士逝世 (in Chinese)
- ^ "Prof. Fan, Hai-fu".
- ^ a b "【中国科学报】范海福："偶然"造就科学人生". Chinese Academy of Sciences (in Chinese). 8 October 2012.
- ^ "Prizes and Awards". The World Academy of Sciences. 2016.
- ^ "李方华：科学对性别无偏见". Beijing REviews (in Chinese). 17 March 2010.