Du Jiangfeng

Du Jiangfeng
Du Jiangfeng
杜江峰
President of Zhejiang University
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 28 December 2022
Preceded by	Wu Zhaohui
Personal details
Born	June 1969 (age 55); Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	University of Science and Technology of China
	Scientific career
Fields	Quantum physics
Institutions	University of Science and Technology of China; Zhejiang University

Du Jiangfeng (Chinese: 杜江峰; pinyin: Dù Jiāngfēng; born June 1969) is a Chinese physicist, university administrator and politician, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, currently serving as president of Zhejiang University.

He is a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He is an alternate member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]

Biography

Du was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu, in June 1969.^[2] He attended Tianyi High School of Jiangsu Province [zh] (江苏省天一中学).^[3] He earned a bachelor's degree in 1990, a master's degree in 1997, and a doctor's degree in 2000, all from the University of Science and Technology of China.^[2]

After graduating in 1990, he stayed and taught at his alma mater.^[2] From 2005 to 2007, he was a researcher of Dortmund University in Germany.^[2] He was appointed as a "Changjiang Scholar" (or " Yangtze River Scholar") by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China in 2008.^[2] He moved up the ranks to become deputy dean of its School of Physics in 2012 and vice president in April 2018.^[2]

On 28 December 2022, the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party appointed Du as president of Zhejiang University, a position at vice-ministerial level.^[4]

Honours and awards

2012 State Natural Science Award (Second Class) for the research on quantum computing based on nuclear spin
October 2015 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
2019 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation

References

^ Xu Kun (徐锟) (22 October 2022). 中国共产党第二十届中央委员会候补委员名单（171名）. Chinadaily (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Wang Keyuan (王珂园) (8 May 2018). 杨金龙、杜江峰任中国科学技术大学副校长. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ Wu Pingping (吴苹苹) (6 June 2022). 中国科学院院士杜江峰：保送中科大少年班却经历最苦时光. qianlong.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ 浙大、武大迎来新校长. sina (in Chinese). 28 December 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

Educational offices
Preceded by Wu Zhaohui	President of Zhejiang University 2022–present	Incumbent

[1] Xu Kun (徐锟) (22 October 2022). 中国共产党第二十届中央委员会候补委员名单（171名）. Chinadaily (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 October 2022.

[du-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Wang Keyuan (王珂园) (8 May 2018). 杨金龙、杜江峰任中国科学技术大学副校长. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 October 2022.

[3] Wu Pingping (吴苹苹) (6 June 2022). 中国科学院院士杜江峰：保送中科大少年班却经历最苦时光. qianlong.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 October 2022.

[4] 浙大、武大迎来新校长. sina (in Chinese). 28 December 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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