Han Zhanwen

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Han Zhanwen ({{zh|s=韩占文|t=韓占文|p=Hán Zhànwén}}; born 1965) is a Chinese astrophysicist.

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.news.hbu.cn/2017/1128/13263.shtml |script-title=zh:我校物理系八四届校友韩占文当选2017年中国科学院院士 |work=Hebei University |date=2017-11-28 |language=zh}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.casad.cas.cn/doc/17503.html |script-title=zh:关于公布2017年中国科学院院士增选当选院士名单的公告 |work=casad.cas.cn |date=2017-11-28 |language=zh |access-date=2018-10-07 |archive-date=2018-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801191730/http://www.casad.cas.cn/doc/17503.html |url-status=dead }}

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

Awards

  • 2016 Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize for Science and Technology.{{cite news|url=http://www.sohu.com/a/116828885_473428 |script-title=zh: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 |work=Sohu |date=2016-10-21 |language=zh}}

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