Du Jiangfeng

Chinese physicist

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Du.

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

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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

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* 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

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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.徐锟Category:Articles+containing+Chinese-language+text)&rft_id=http://cn.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202210/22/WS63537f11a310817f312f2d1a.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Du+Jiangfeng" class="Z3988">
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.王珂园Category:Articles+containing+Chinese-language+text)&rft_id=https://paper.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2018/5/411659.shtm&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Du+Jiangfeng" class="Z3988">
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.吴苹苹Category:Articles+containing+Chinese-language+text)&rft_id=http://china.qianlong.com/2022/0606/7270608.shtml&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Du+Jiangfeng" class="Z3988">
4. ^ 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