Wang Zhizhen (; born July 6, 1942 in

Suzhou Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trade ...

Jiangsu), also known as Chih-Chen Wang, is a Chinese biophysicist and professor at the

Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences The Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, based in Beijing, China, focuses on biophysics, biophysically oriented basic research in the life sciences. It was established by Bei Shizhang in 1958, from the former Beijing Experimenta ...

. She also served as Vice Chairperson of the 11th and 12th Central Committee of the

Jiusan Society The Jiusan Society () is one of the eight legally recognised minor political parties in the People's Republic of China under the direction of the Chinese Communist Party. The party's original name was "Democracy and Science Forum" on its in ...

and Vice Chairperson of the 12th

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC, zh, 中国人民政治协商会议), also known as the People's PCC (, ) or simply the PCC (), is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of ...

Life

Wang Zhizhen graduated from University of Science and Technology of China in 1964, then started to work at Institute of Biophysics of Chinese Academy of Sciences after graduation as an intern researcher. She became a researcher in 1993. She was elected academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in November 2001.

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