Biography:Gong Qihuang

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Gong Qihuang
龚旗煌
President of Peking University
Assumed office
17 June 2022
Party SecretaryHao Ping
Preceded byHao Ping
Personal details
Born (1964-08-15) August 15, 1964 (age 59)
Putian County, Fujian, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materPeking University
Scientific career
FieldsOptics
InstitutionsPeking University
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Gong Qihuang (Chinese: 龚旗煌; born 15 August 1964) is a Chinese opticist and educator who is a professor and currently president of Peking University.[1]

Gong's research has been mainly in the field of nonlinear optics and spatiotemporal small-scale optics.

Biography

Gong was born in Putian County (now Putian), Fujian, on 15 August 1964. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1983, a master's degree and a doctor's degree in 1989, all from Peking University.[2] In 1988, he was sent to study at the University of Manchester on government scholarships.[2] He carried out postdoctoral research at Peking University in 1989.[2]

After graduating in 1991, he stayed at Peking University and worked successively as instructor, associate professor, and full professor.[2] He was appointed deputy dean of the School of Physics in November 2009, becoming deputy director of Development Planning Department in March 2012, executive vice dean of Graduate School in July 2015 and director of Academic Committee of Peking University in March 2017.[2] He moved up the ranks to become vice president in July 2017, executive vice president December 2019, and president in June 2022.[3]

Honours and awards

  • 1997 Qiushi Outstanding Young Scholar Award
  • 2007 Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IOP)
  • 2010 Fellow of The Optical Society (OSA)
  • 2013 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
  • 2015 Member of the Chinese Optical Society (COS)
  • 2016 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation
  • 2018 Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)

References

  1. Yang Feifei (杨菲菲) (18 June 2022). (in zh)Beijing News. https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/1655520325169213.html. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Li Chenyan (李晨琰) (30 December 2019). (in zh)whb.cn. http://wenhui.whb.cn/zhuzhan/xue/20191230/311514.html. 
  3. Yi Yi (伊一) (17 June 2022). (in zh)ce.cn. http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/202206/17/t20220617_37770271.shtml. 
Educational offices
Preceded by
Yan Chunhua (zh)
Executive Vice Dean of Graduate School, Peking University
2015–2017
Succeeded by
Zhang Dongxiao
Preceded by
Gao Song
Provost of Peking University
2018–2022
Succeeded by
TBA
Preceded by
Hao Ping
Dean of Graduate School, Peking University
2019–2022
Succeeded by
TBA
Preceded by
Hao Ping
President of Peking University
2022–present
Incumbent
Academic offices
Preceded by
Zhou Bingkun
President of the Chinese Optical Society
2017–present
Incumbent