Wang Enge | |
|---|---|
王恩哥 | |
| President of Peking University | |
| In office March 2013 – February 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Zhou Qifeng |
| Succeeded by | Lin Jianhua |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 January 1957 |
| Party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Education | Liaoning University Peking University |
| Occupation | Physicist |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Workplaces | Peking University Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) |
Wang Enge (Chinese: 王恩哥; pinyin: Wāng ēngē; born 24 January 1957) is a Chinese physicist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He succeeded Zhou Qifeng to the office of the President of Peking University on 22 March 2013. From 15 February 2015, he becomes the Vice President of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Wang was born into a wealthy and highly educated family in Shenyang, Liaoning. During the Down to the Countryside Movement, he became a sent-down youth in Liaozhong County. After the Cultural Revolution, he was accepted to Liaoning University in December 1977, obtaining a B.S. and M.S. in theoretical physics. Before graduation, Wang went to study in America at Princeton University.[non-primary source needed] Wang received his Ph.D. from Peking University in July 1990. In January 1992, Wang attended the University of Lille Nord de France.
In 2007, Wang was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, at the age of 50. In 2009, Wang served as the President of School of Physics of Peking University. On 22 March 2013, Wang was promoted to become the President of Peking University. He is a recipient of the 2005 TWAS Prize. Wang also received the Advanced Materials Laureate in 2018. He is also the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (2008), a Senior Fellow of Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study (2019), a Fellow of the American Physical Society (2006), and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (2003).