Guo Kexin (; 1923–2006), also known as Ke-Xin Guo or K. H. Kuo (Ke-Hsin Kuo), was a Chinese chemical engineer,

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...

metallurgist Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys. Metallurgy encompasses both the sc ...

and crystallographer. He was an academician of the

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); ), known by Academia Sinica in English until the 1980s, is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It has historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republi ...

, and is considered the main pioneer of electron microscopy in China.

Life

Guo was born on August 23, 1923. In 1941, he graduated from

Chongqing Nankai Middle School Chongqing Nankai Middle School () is a senior high school in Chongqing, China. It is located in Chenjiawan, Shapingba District. In a 2016 ranking of Chinese high schools that send students to study in American universities, Chongqing Nankai Mid ...

. He graduated from

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University, abbreviated as ZJU or Zheda and formerly romanized as Chekiang University, is a national public research university based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is a member of the prestigious C9 League and is selected into the n ...

in 1946 with a

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degree in

chemical engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials int ...

. In 1947, Guo went to study in Sweden. Guo was the Director and a senior researcher at the Beijing Electron Microscope Open Laboratory (a.k.a. Beijing Laboratory of Electron Microscopy) and the Center for Condensed Matter Physics and the

Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences The Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOPCAS ) was the result of a merger, after the communist took control of the mainland China in 1949, between the Institute of Physics of Academia Sinica (IOPAS) founded in Shanghai in 19 ...

. Guo was the main founder of the Chinese Society for Electron Microscopy (a.k.a. Chinese Electron Microscopy Society, CEMS; 中国电子显微镜会), and served as its Director/President from 1982 to 1996.

Recognition

In 1980, Guo was elected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was also a foreign member of the

Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences or ''Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien'' (IVA), founded on 24 October 1919 by King Gustaf V, is one of the royal academies in Sweden. The academy is an independent organisation, which prom ...

(IVA), and received an Honorary Doctorate from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. The K. H. Kuo Education Fund is named after him.

References

External links

Guo Kexin's biography at China Vitae

Guo Kexin's short CV at China Vitae
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Homepage of the K.H.Kuo Education Fund

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guo, Kexin 1923 births 2006 deaths Chinese chemical engineers Chinese metallurgists Crystallographers Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences People from Fuzhou Physicists from Fujian KTH Royal Institute of Technology alumni TWAS laureates Zhejiang University alumni Chongqing Nankai Secondary School alumni Chinese expatriates in Sweden

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