Sun Xin (physicist)
Chinese physicist
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Sun Xin (Chinese: 孙鑫; July 1938 – 27 May 2025) was a Chinese physicist who was a professor at Fudan University, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
University of California, San Diego
Sun Xin | |||||||
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孙鑫 | |||||||
| Born | July 1938 | ||||||
| Died | 27 May 2025 (aged 86) China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Fudan University University of California, San Diego | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Condensed matter physics | ||||||
| Institutions | Fudan University | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 孙鑫 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 孫鑫 | ||||||
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Biography
Sun was born in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, in July 1938.[1] He attended Yangzhou High School. In 1955, he was accepted to Fudan University, where he majored in the Department of Physics.[1][2][3]
After graduation in 1960, Sun stayed to teach, he was promoted to teaching assistant in 1960 and to associate professor in 1978.[1] In 1979, he pursued advanced studies at the University of California, San Diego in the United States.[1] He returned to China in 1983 and continued to teach at Fudan University.[1]
On 27 May 2025, Sun died in Shanghai, at the age of 86.[1][2][3]
Honours and awards
- 2013 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)[1][2][3]
