Gong Qihuang (; born 15 August 1964) is a Chinese opticist and educator who is a professor and currently

president of Peking University The President of Peking University is the chief administrator of Peking University, a major public academic institution of higher learning, located in Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China. Each is appointed by and is responsible to the ...

. Gong's research has been mainly in the field of nonlinear optics and spatiotemporal small-scale optics.

Biography

Gong was born in

Putian County Putian ( zh, s= , Putian dialect: ''Pó-chéng''), also known as Puyang (莆阳) and Puxian (莆仙), historically known as Hinghwa/Hinghua ( zh, s=兴化, t=興化), is a prefecture-level city in Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. I ...

(now Putian),

Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

, on 15 August 1964. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1983, a master's degree and a doctor's degree in 1989, all from

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. In 1988, he was sent to study at the

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on government scholarships. He carried out postdoctoral research at Peking University in 1989. After graduating in 1991, he stayed at Peking University and worked successively as instructor, associate professor, and full professor. He was appointed deputy dean of the School of Physics in November 2009, becoming deputy director of Development Planning Department in March 2012, executive vice dean of Graduate School in July 2015 and director of Academic Committee of Peking University in March 2017. He moved up the ranks to become vice president in July 2017, executive vice president in December 2019, and president in June 2022.

Honours and awards

* 1997 Qiushi Outstanding Young Scholar Award * 2007 Fellow of the

Institute of Physics The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a UK-based not-for-profit learned society and professional body that works to advance physics education, physics research, research and applied physics, application. It was founded in 1874 and has a worldwide ...

(IOP) * 2010 Fellow of

The Optical Society Optica, founded as the Optical Society of America (later the Optical Society), is a professional society of individuals and companies with an interest in optics and photonics. It publishes journals, organizes conferences and exhibitions, and ca ...

(OSA) * 2013 Member of the

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS; ) is the national academy for natural sciences and the highest consultancy for science and technology of the People's Republic of China. It is the world's largest research organization, with 106 research i ...

(CAS) * 2015 Member of the

Chinese Optical Society Chinese Optical Society (; abbreviated COS) is a professional association of individuals with an interest in optics and photonics. It sponsored the '' Chinese Optics Letters'', a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on optics. As of 2 ...

(COS) * 2016 Science and Technology Progress Award of the

Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation The Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation (HLHL, ) is a Hong Kong–based non-government organisation which annually bestows prizes upon Chinese scientists. It was established on 30 March 1994, with funds donated from the charitable foundations of Ho Sin ...

* 2018 Fellow of

The World Academy of Sciences The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries (TWAS) is a North–south research partnerships, merit-based science academy established for developing countries, uniting more than 1,400 scientists in some 1 ...

(TWAS)

References

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