Zhejiang Province is one of the smallest provinces (both in population and area) in China but quite well known for its academic prosperity and scholars. The province has produced a large number of distinguished scientists. In ancient time, such as Wang Chong of the Han dynasty, Shen Kuo of the Song dynasty, Huang Zongxi of the Ming and Qing dynasties from Zhejiang reached research climaxes of natural sciences in their own eras, however, this item would only focus on those modern scientists from Zhejiang.
Notations for memberships of academies United States of America: Foreign Member/Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences = FM/M-NAS Foreign Member/Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering = FM/M-NAE Foreign Member/Member of the Institute of Medicine of the United States National Academies = FM/M-IM Member/Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences = M/F-AAAS Member of the New York Academy of Sciences = M-NYAS United Kingdom: Fellow of the Royal Society = FRS Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering = FRAE Fellow of the British Academy = FBA Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh = FRSE Germany: Foreign Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina = FM-GASL Foreign Member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities = FM-BASH France: Foreign Member of the French Academy of Sciences = FM-FAS Russia: Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences = FM-RAS Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Engineering = FM-RAE Republic of China/Taiwan: Academician/Member of the Academia Sinica = M-AS People's Republic of China: Foreign Member/Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences = FM/M-CAS Foreign Member/Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering = FM/M-CAE Other: Member of the Third World Academy of Sciences = M-TWAS Member of the International Academy of Astronautics = M-IAA
Notations for personal profiles Priority: Hometown > birthplace > study/work (based on traditional Chinese convention) Hometown: h. Birthplace: b. Have trained/studied in Zhejiang: s. Have worked in Zhejiang: w.
Introduction In the historic first election (in 1948) of the Academia Sinica, about 1/4 academicians came from Zhejiang, the first two Presidents of the Academia Sinica (Cai Yuanpei and Chu Ka-Wa) also were born in Zhejiang. Currently Zhejiang has produced the most members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and the second most members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), only after Jiangsu Province, where is also very famous for its scientific and technological tradition.Statistical information from the Chinese Academy of Engineering Current CAS President Lu Yongxiang and CAE President Xu Kuangdi were both born in Zhejiang.
Many scientists and engineers have studied and/or worked at institutes of Zhejiang, such as Chien-Shiung Wu and Tsung-Dao Lee.
Outside of Chinese speaking regions, many academics of overseas Chinese have roots in Zhejiang.
Hometown Zhejiang
United States Shu Chien (钱煦) (h.Hangzhou; b.Beiping): National Medal of Science 2011 Laureate Roger Y. Tsien (钱永健) (h.Hangzhou; b.New York City): Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008 Laureate Ho-Kwang Mao (毛河光) (h.Jiangshan of Quzhou; b.Shanghai): M-AS/NAS, FRS, FM-RSAS/CAS Paul Chien (钱锟) (h.Hangzhou; b.Hong Kong) Alfred Chuang (庄思浩) (h.Ningbo; b.Hong Kong) Kai Lai Chung (钟开莱) (h.Hangzhou) Robert Tjian (钱泽南) (h.Shaoxing; b.Hong Kong): M-NAS/AS Bin He (贺斌) (b.Wenzhou): FIEEE/FAIMBESimon Sze (施敏) (h.Zhejiang): M-NAE/AS Ping-ti Ho (何炳棣) (h.Jinhua; b.Tianjin): M-AAAS/AS Savio L-Y. Woo (胡流源) (h.Ningbo; b.Shanghai): M-IM/NAE/AS/IOC Academy Shien Biau Woo (吴仙标) (h.Yuyao of Ningbo; b.Shanghai) King-Sun Fu (傅京孫) (h.Lishui; b.Nanking): M-NAE/AS Fang Lizhi (方励之) (h.Hangzhou; b.Beijing): M-CAS (deleted)
Mainland China Fujia Yang (杨福家) (h.Ningbo; b.Shanghai): M-CAS/TWAS Yang Fuyu (杨福愉) (h.Ningbo; b.Shanghai): M-CAS/TWAS Zhao Jiuzhang (赵九章) (h.Huzhou; b.Kaifeng): M-CAS Cheng Chemin (郑哲敏) (h.Ningbo; b.Jinan): M-CAS/CAE, FM-NAE Ni Weidou (倪维斗) (h.Ningbo; b.Shanghai): M-CAE Hsu Pao-Lu (许宝騄) (h.Hangzhou): M-AS/CASHuang Kun (黄昆) (h.Jiaxing): M-CAS/TWAS Feng Duan (冯端) (h.Shaoxing): M-CAS/TWAS Feng Kang (冯康) (h.Shaoxing): M-CAS Jin Yuelin (金岳霖) (h.Zhuji of Shaoxing; b.Changsha): M-AS/CAS Yan Luguang (严陆光) (h.Dongyang of Jinhua; b.Beijing): M-CAS/TWAS Yu Dafu (俞大紱) (h.Shaoxing): M-AS/CAS Wu Wenjun (吴文俊) (h.Jiaxing; b.Shanghai): M-CAS/TWAS
Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau Frank Shu (徐遐生) (h.Wenzhou; b.Kunming): Shaw Prize 2008 Laureate Chien Shih-Liang (钱思亮) (h.Hangzhou): M-AS Chen Li-an (陈履安) (h.Qingtian of Lishui) Lap-Chee Tsui (徐立之) (h.Hangzhou; b.Shanghai): M-AS, FRS, FRSC, FM-NAS Woo Chia-wei (吴家玮) (h.Hangzhou; b.Shanghai): NAS
Birthplace Zhejiang
USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Singapore Morris Chang (张忠谋) (b.Ningbo): IEEE Medal of Honor 2011 Laureate Shiing-Shen Chern (陈省身) (b.Jiaxing): Wolf Prize in Mathematics 1981 Laureate Van C. Mow (毛昭宪) (b.Fenghua of Ningbo): M-IM/NAE/AS/TWAS T. Tony Cai (蔡天文) (b.Chun'an of Wenzhou) Kwang-Chu Chao (赵广绪) Liu Chen (陈骝) (b.Hangzhou) Ven Te Chow (周文德) (b.Hangzhou): M-NAE/AAAS/AS Jay Gan (甘剑英) (b.Changxing of Huzhou) Kun-Liang Guan (管坤良) (b.Tongxiang of Jiaxing) Pengfei Guan (管鹏飞) (b.Huangyan of Taizhou): F-RSC Bin He (贺斌) (b.Wenzhou): FIEEE/FAIMBE Ky Fan (樊土畿) (b.Hangzhou): M-AS Wu-Chung Hsiang (项武忠) (b.Yueqing of Wenzhou): M-AS Sze-Tsen Hu (胡世桢) (b.Zhejiang): M-AS T. C. Hsu (徐道觉) (b.Shaoxing) Binghui Shen (b.Zhejiang)Lin Fanghua (林芳华) (b.Zhenhai of Ningbo): Bôcher Memorial Prize 2002 Ping King Tien (田炳耕) (b.Shangyu of Shaoxing): M-NAS/NAE/AS/TWAS Richard Tsien (钱永佑) (b.Hangzhou): M-NAS/IM/AAAS/AS Hsue-Chu Tsien (钱学榘) (b.Hangzhou) Lizhen Ji (季理真) (b.Wenzhou) Tao Yang (b.Zhejiang) Junying Yu (b.Shaoxing) Chung Tao Yang (杨忠道) (b.Wenzhou): M-AS Xu-Jia Wang (汪徐家) (b.Chun'an of Hangzhou): F-AAS Su-Chun Zhang (张素春) (b.Wenzhou) Liangchi Zhang (章亮炽) (b.Taizhou): F-ATSE Wei Zheng (b.Zhejiang): M-NYAS Chen-Bo Zhu (朱程波) (b. Ningbo): F-SNAS Min Zhu (朱敏) (b.Ningbo) Jia Rongqing (贾荣庆) (b.Zhejiang)
Mainland China Tu Youyou (b.Ningbo): Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research 2011 Laureate Tan Jiazhen (b.Ningbo): M-CAS/TWAS/NYAS, FM-NAS Tong Dizhou (b.Ningbo): M-AS/CAS Tsien Hsue-shen (b.Hangzhou): M-CAS/CAE/IAA Tu Shou'e (屠守锷) (b.Huzhou): M-CAS/IAA Li Shanlan (b.Jiaxing) Liu Yuanfang (b.Ningbo): M-CAS Lu Yongxiang (b.Ningbo): M-CAS/CAE/TWAS, FM-RAS/AAS/GASL Bei Shizhang (b.Ningbo): M-AS/CAS Cai Yuanpei (b.Shaoxing): M-AS Chung-Yao Chao (b.Shaoxing): M-CAS Chen Da (b.Ningbo) Chen Jiangong (b.Shaoxing): M-CAS Coching Chu (b.Shaoxing): M-AS/CAS Cai Xitao (b.Jinhua) Dai Chuanzeng (b.Ningbo): M-CAS Ding Zhongli (b.Shaoxing): M-CAS Du Qinghua (b.Hangzhou): M-CAE Gu Chaohao (b.Wenzhou): M-CAS/TWAS Pan Yunhe (b.Hangzhou): M-CAE Pan Jiazheng (b.Shaoxing): M-CAE/CAS Li Zhijian (b.Ningbo): M-CAS/TWAS Han Qide (b.Ningbo): M-CAS Han Zhenxiang (韩祯祥) (b.Hangzhou): M-CAS He Xiantu (b.Ningbo): M-CAS Hu Haichang (b.Hangzhou): M-CAS Huang Daren (b.Xiangshan of Ningbo) Ma Yinchu (b.Shaoxing): M-AS/CAS Feng Te-Pei (冯德培) (b.Taizhou): M-AS/CAS, FM-NAS Shen Tianhui (b.Jiashan of Jiaxing)Ke Zhao (b.Taizhou): M-CAS Jiang Lifu (姜立夫) (b.Wenzhou): M-AS/CAS Jin Guozhang (b.Jinhua): M-CAS Jin Li (b.Shaoxing) Xia Nai (b.Wenzhou): M-CAS/TWAS, FM-NAS, FBA, FRSALHA Xie Shengwu (b.Shaoxing) Xu Guangxian (b.Shaoxing): M-CAS/TWAS Xu Kuangdi (b.Jiaxing): M-CAE, FRAE, FRSAES Qiu Fazu (b.Hangzhou): M-CAS/TWAS Qian Sanqiang (b.Shaoxing): M-CAS/TWAS Ren Mei'e (b.Ningbo): M-CAE/TWAS Shao Xianghua (b.Hangzhou): M-CAS/CAE Shi Zhongci (b.Ningbo): M-CAS/TWAS Su Buqing (b.Wenzhou): M-AS/CAS/TWAS Sun Guangyuan (b.Hangzhou) Wang Guosong (b.Wenzhou) Wang You (b.Hangzhou): M-CAS, FM-BASH/FAS Wang Yuan (b.Jinhua): M-CAS/TWAS Weng Shilie (b.Ningbo): M-CAE Weng Wenhao (b.Ningbo): M-AS Wu Ziliang (吴自良) (b.Jinhua): M-CAS Yan Jici (严济慈) (b.Jinhua): M-AS/CAS Yang Huanming (b.Wenzhou): M-CAS/TWAS Zhang Xiaowen (张孝文) (b.Ningbo) Zhang Zhongjun (b.Jiaxing): M-CAS Zhu Zuxiang (b.Ningbo): M-CAS Zhu Zhaoxiang (b.Ningbo) Zhu Miaolong (b.Ningbo) Zhou Jianren (b.Shaoxing)
Taiwan Chang Chi-yun (张其昀) (b.Ningbo): M-AS Chang Jen-Hu (张镜湖) (b.Ningbo) Lo Tsung-lo (罗宗洛) (b.Taizhou): M-AS/CAS Li Hsi-mou (b.Jiaxing) Lu Chih-houng (b.Jiaxing) Mao Gao-wen (毛高文) (b.Ningbo) Shu Shien-Siu (b.Wenzhou): M-AS Shen Chun-shan (沈君山) (b.Ningbo) Wei-Tou Ni (倪维斗) (b.Ningbo) Shu Shien-Siu (徐贤修) (b.Wenzhou): M-AS
Hong Kong & Macau
Jian-Shu Li (励建书) (b.Hangzhou) Tang Yuhan (b.Ningbo) Ambrose King (b.Taizhou): M-AS Mingjie Zhang (b.Ningbo)
Studied/Worked in Zhejiang
United States Chien-Shiung Wu (s.w.): M-NAS/AAAS/AS, FRSE, FM-CAS Tsung-Dao Lee (s.): M-NAS/AAAS/AS, FM-CAS Hsiao-Lan Kuo (s.w.): M-AS Ba Denian (w.): M-CAE, FM-IM Jin Au Kong (w.): M-AS Xia Daoxing (s.): M-CAS
Mainland China Kefeng Liu (w.) Chen Hang (s.w.) Li Shouheng (w.) Hu Hesheng (s.w.): M-CAS
See also List of modern scientists from Jiangsu List of modern scientists from Shanghai
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