Chen Jia'er

Oxford University and Rutherfold High Energy Institute, studying serial electro-static accelerator and synchrotron. From 1982 to 1984, he was a visiting scientist at Stony Brook University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In August, 1984, Chen became the vice president and dean of graduate school of Peking University. He was also appointed as the director of Institute of Heavy Particle Physics at PKU. In November, 1993, Chen was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Maths and Physics section. From August 1996 to December 1999, Chen served as the president of Peking University. In 1998, he became the president of Asian-Pacific Physics Society. In December 1999, Chen was appointed to be the director of National Natural Science Foundation of China.^[1]