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Weiguo Sun
Sun Weiguo (; born April 16, 1954) is a Chinese physicist. He is Professor and former President of Xihua University in Chengdu, Sichuan. Biography Sun was born in Chengdu on April 16, 1954. He earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1977 from Xihua Normal University in Chengdu, and his master's degree in 1981 from Jilin University. He taught physical chemistry courses as a lecturer at Sichuan University from 1982 to 1986. He went to the United States in 1986 and studied with Prof. C. William McCurdy in physical chemistry at Ohio State University, earning his Ph.D. degree in February 1992. He worked as a "participating guest" and postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun (surname)
Sun is a transliteration of a common Chinese surname (simplified Chinese: wikt:孙, 孙; traditional Chinese: wikt:孫, 孫; pinyin: Sūn). It is the third name listed in the Song dynasty Chinese classics, classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. Other transliterations include Suen (Hong Kong and regions with Cantonese-speaking populations), Sen (Amoy dialect), Sng (Teochew dialect), Tôn (Vietnamese language, Vietnamese), Son (Korean surname), Son (Japanese language, Japanese/Korean language, Korean), Soon (regions with Hokkien-speaking populations), Soon/Suan/-son/-zon (Chinese Filipino in the Philippines), and Swen. In 2019, Sun was the twelfth most common surname in Mainland China. A 2013 study found it to be the 12th most common name as well, shared by 18,300,000 people or 1.38% of the population, with the province with the most being Shandong. Note that in Hong Kong and regions with Cantonese-speaking populations, the surname Xin (surname), Xin (辛) is also transliterate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |