Han Zhanwen (; born 1965) is a Chinese astrophysicist.

Biography

Han was born in 1965 in

Shunping County Shunping County is a rural county in the west-central part of Hebei province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Baoding and lies to the west of its urban core. History Under the Han, Shunping was known as Quni ...

, Hebei. He completed his bachelor's degree from

Hebei University Hebei University () is a public comprehensive university in Baoding, Hebei Province, China. The university has an estimated student population of 33,000, including 6,100 full-time postgraduates and 26,900 full-time undergraduates. History The ...

in 1984 and earned a master's degree from Yunnan Astronomical Observatory in 1987. After that, he continued his study at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and got his doctor's degree in 1995. He did post-doctoral research at the University of Science and Technology of China in

Hefei Hefei (; ) is the capital and largest city of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. Its population was 9,369,881 as of the 2020 census and its built-up ( ...

. On August 3, 2012, he was appointed director of Yunnan Astronomical Observatory. Han was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on November 28, 2017. In 2018 he became an Associate Editor of the Journal

Astronomy & Astrophysics ''Astronomy & Astrophysics'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering theoretical, observational, and instrumental astronomy and astrophysics. The journal is run by a Board of Directors representing 27 sponsoring countries plus a re ...

Awards

* 2016

Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize The Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation (HLHL, ) is a Hong Kong-based non-government organisation which annually bestows prizes upon Chinese scientists. It was established on 30 March 1994, with funds donated from the charitable foundations of Ho Sin Han ...

for Science and Technology.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Han, Zhanwen 1965 births Living people Alumni of the University of Cambridge Chinese astrophysicists Hebei University alumni Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences People from Baoding Physicists from Hebei University of Science and Technology of China alumni