Fan Haifu

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Fan Haifu
范海福
Born(1933-08-15)15 August 1933
Died8 July 2022(2022-07-08) (aged 88)
Beijing, China
EducationGuangdong Experimental High School[1]
Alma materPeking University
SpouseLi Fanghua
Scientific career
FieldsCrystallography
InstitutionsChinese 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]

  1. ^ "中国科学院院士——范海福". Guangdong Experimental High School (in Chinese). 2005.
  2. ^ 晶体学家范海福院士逝世 (in Chinese)
  3. ^ "Prof. Fan, Hai-fu".
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Prizes and Awards". The World Academy of Sciences. 2016.
  6. ^ "李方华:科学对性别无偏见". Beijing REviews (in Chinese). 17 March 2010.