Zhao Hongwei

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhao.

Zhao Hongwei
赵红卫
Born	January 1966 (age 58–59) Ning County, Gansu, China
Alma mater	Chengdu University of Science and Technology
Scientific career
Fields	Accelerator physics
Institutions	China Institute of Atomic Energy
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	趙紅衛
Simplified Chinese	赵红卫
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhào Hóngwèi

Zhao Hongwei (Chinese: 赵红卫; born January 1966) is a Chinese physicist currently serving as Party secretary and deputy dean of the China Institute of Atomic Energy.

Biography

Zhao was born in Ning County, Gansu in January 1966, at the dawn of the Cultural Revolution. His given name Hongwei (红卫) means the Red Guards (红卫兵). He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Chengdu University of Science and Technology (now Sichuan University) and Master of Science degree from the Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1988 and 1991, respectively. In August 1995 he graduated from Dubna Nuclear Research Institute in Russia, earning a doctor's degree in science.

In November 1997 he joined the China Institute of Atomic Energy, where he successively served as researcher, deputy director, director, and doctoral supervisor. He was deputy chief engineer of the Cooling Storage Ring Project of Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL–CSR) between September 1999 and January 2006. He is now the Party secretary and deputy dean of the China Institute of Atomic Energy.

Honour

On November 22, 2019, he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).[1][2]

References

1. 2019年中科院院士增选结果揭晓，64人当选，最小年龄42岁. ifeng (in Chinese). 22 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
2. (何燕) (2 August 2019). 中科院院士增选候选人名单公布 甘肃2人上榜 (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 November 2019.

External links

• 杰出青年赵红卫 (in Chinese (China)). Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2017-04-27.