Xu Ningsheng (; born 7 July 1957) is a Chinese physicist and academic administrator. He previously served as president of

Fudan University Fudan University (FDU) is a public university, national public university in Yangpu, Shanghai, Yangpu, Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education and is co-funded with the Shanghai Municipal ...

from 2014 to 2021, president of

Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University (; SYSU) is a public university in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the Ministry of Education, SASTIND, and Guangdong Provincial Government. The university is p ...

from 2010 to 2014, vice president of Sun Yat-sen University from 2004 to 2010, and dean of the Sun Yat-sen University School of Physical Science and Engineering Technology from 1999 to 2004. He is an academician 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 ...

and

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 ...

Biography

Xu was born in Zhanlong Town of Puning,

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

province, on July 7, 1957, with his ancestral home in Chenghai District,

Shantou Shantou, Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanization of Chinese, romanized as Swatow and sometimes known as Santow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong, China, with a total population of 5,502,031 as of the 20 ...

. Xu secondary studied at Xingwen High School. He was a sent-down youth from 1975 to 1978, during the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a Social movement, sociopolitical movement in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until his de ...

. After the Resumption of University Entrance Examination in 1977, he studied, then taught, at the Department of Physics of

, in

Guangzhou Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...

. He received his doctor's degree from

Aston University Aston University (abbreviated as ''Aston'' for post-nominals) is a public university situated in the city centre of Birmingham, England. Aston began as the Birmingham Municipal Technical School in 1895, evolving into the UK's first College of a ...

in 1986, and taught at the university for 10 years afterwards. He was honored as a Distinguished Young Scholar by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars () in 1995. In 1996 and that year, he returned to China and became professor of physics at Sun Yat-sen University, becoming Dean of its School of Physics and Engineering in 1999, and was promoted to vice-president in 2004. He also served as Dean of International Exchange College between 2004 and 2008. He was elected a 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 ...

in 1998. He was named a Chang Jiang Scholar by the

Ministry of Education of China The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China is a constituent department of the State Council, responsible for basic education, vocational education, higher education, and other educational affairs throughout the country. The ...

in 1999. In December 2010, he was appointed President of Sun Yat-sen University. In October 2014 he was appointed President of Fudan University.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Xu, Ningsheng 1957 births Living people Alumni of Aston University Educators from Guangdong Fellows of the Institute of Physics Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences People from Shantou Physicists from Guangdong Presidents of Fudan University Presidents of Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University alumni TWAS fellows