Chang Jin
Chang Jin | |||||||
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常进 | |||||||
| Born | July 1966 (age 57) | ||||||
| Alma mater | University of Science and Technology of China | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Astronomy | ||||||
| Institutions | Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 常進 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 常进 | ||||||
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Chang Jin (Chinese: 常进; born July 1966) is a Chinese astronomer and the current director of Purple Mountain Observatory.[1][2][3]
Biography[edit]
Chang was born in Taixing, Jiangsu in July 1966. He graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China.
In August 1992 he joined the Purple Mountain Observatory, where he was promoted to associate research fellow in August 1999 and to research fellow in March 2002. He joined the Communist Party of China in April 1995. He served as deputy director of the Purple Mountain Observatory from February 2014 to February 2019. In February 2019 he was appointed director of the Purple Mountain Observatory.[4] He is also the chief scientist of China's Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE).[5]
Honours and awards[edit]
- 8 November 2018 Science and Technology Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation[6]
- 22 November 2019 Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Chinese satellite detects mysterious signals in search for dark matter". people.cn. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ Dennis Normile (29 November 2017). "China's dark matter space probe detects tantalizing signal". sciencemag. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ 现任领导自然情况和工作简历. Purple Mountain Observatory (in Chinese). 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ Zhang Ye (张晔) (11 March 2019). 常进：“要对得起国家的这份信任”. ce.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ ""Monkey King" makes China world leader in dark matter detection". xinhuanet. 1 December 2017. Archived from the original on February 1, 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ 中科院8人获2018年度何梁何利奖. CAS (in Chinese). 8 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ 2019年中科院院士增选结果揭晓，64人当选，最小年龄42岁. ifeng (in Chinese). 22 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
Categories:
- 1966 births
- People from Taixing
- Living people
- University of Science and Technology of China alumni
- 20th-century Chinese astronomers
- Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Directors of the Purple Mountain Observatory
- Scientists from Taizhou, Jiangsu
- Physicists from Jiangsu
- 21st-century Chinese astronomers