Wang Enge
王恩哥
President of Peking University
In office
March 2013 – February 2015
Preceded byZhou Qifeng
Succeeded byLin Jianhua
Personal details
Born (1957-01-24) 24 January 1957
Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Political partyCommunist Party of China
Alma materLiaoning University
Peking University
OccupationPhysicist
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsPeking University
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Wang Enge (Chinese: 王恩哥; pinyin: Wāng ēngē; born 24 January 1957) is a Chinese physicist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He succeeded Zhou Qifeng to the office of the President of Peking University on 22 March 2013.[1][2] From 15 February 2015, he becomes the Vice President of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Life

Early life

Wang was born into a wealthy and highly educated family in Shenyang, Liaoning.[3][4] During the Down to the Countryside Movement, he became a sent-down youth in Liaozhong County. After the Cultural Revolution, he was accepted to Liaoning University in December 1977, obtaining a B.S. and M.S. in theoretical physics.[3][4][5] Before graduation, Wang went to study in America at Princeton University.[4] Wang received his Ph.D. from Peking University in July 1990.[4][6] In January 1992, Wang attended the University of Lille Nord de France.[4][7]

Career

In 2007, Wang was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, at the age of 50.[7][8] In 2009, Wang served as the President of School of Physics of Peking University. On 22 March 2013, Wang was promoted to become the President of Peking University. He is a recipient of the 2005 TWAS Prize.[9] Wang also received the Advanced Materials Laureate in 2018. [10]

Work

  • Y. Guo, Y.F. Zhang, X.Y. Bao, T.Z. Han, Z. Tang, L.X. Zhang, W.G. Zhu, E.G. Wang, Q. Niu, Z.Q. Qiu, J.F. Jia, Z.X Zhao, and Q.K. Xue, Science 306, 1915 (2004), Superconductivity modulated by quantum size effects.
  • G. Y. Zhang, X.D. Bai, X. Jiang, and E.G. Wang, Science 303, 766d (2004), Tubular Graphite Cones -Response.
  • G. Y. Zhang, X. Jiang, and E.G. Wang, Science 300, 472 (2003), Tubular Graphite Cones.
  • Xiaolin Li, Guangyu Zhang, Xuedong Bai, Xiaoming Sun, Xinran Wang, Enge Wang and Hongjie Dai, Nature Nanotechnology 3, 538(2008), Highly conducting graphene sheets and Langmuir–Blodgett films.

References

  1. ↑ 王恩哥任北大校长 周其凤因年龄不再担任 (in Chinese). Chinanews. 2013-03-22.
  2. ↑ "Wang Enge appointed president of Peking University". Peking University. 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Wang Enge: the 26th president in the history of Peking University". People. 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Message from the President". Peking University. 2013.
  5. ↑ "Enge Wang". 2013.
  6. ↑ "Wang Enge". 2013.
  7. 1 2 执掌北大校印的著名物理学家——王恩哥院士侧记. Peking University. 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
  8. ↑ 王恩哥 北京大学党委常委、校长. Peking University. Peking University. 2013-12-29.
  9. ↑ "Prizes and Awards". The World Academy of Sciences. 2016.
  10. ↑ Advanced Materials Laureate
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