Hu Jimin
Hu Jimin | |
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Born | 26 January 1919 Jiangsu, China |
Died | 1998 Beijing, China |
Occupation | Nuclear Physicist |
Children | 4 |
Hu Jimin (
plasma physicist
and educator.
Life and career
Hu was born on 26 January 1919 in
Hsin Pei Soh. Hu graduated in 1942, and became a teaching assistant
in the department.
In 1945, aided by the
PhD from the University College London (UCL) in 1948, and his advisor was Harrie Massey
. Hu was a research assistant at UCL.
In 1949, Hu returned China and at beginning taught at Zhejiang University Department of Physics. In the spring of 1955, Hu was transferred to Beijing, to establish a research institute of atomic physics. In 1958, the institute was renamed as the Department of Technical Physics of Peking University, and Hu was its founding Chair, till 1986.
Hu was elected Academician of the
Director-general of the Chinese Society of Nuclear Physics (中国核物理学会), the former academic director of the National Laboratory of Heavy Ion Accelerator in Lanzhou (NLHIAL, 兰州重离子加速器国家实验室), and the former academic director of the Beijing National Tandem Accelerator Laboratory (北京串列加速器核物理国家实验室).[2]
References
- ^ City Archive of Nantong: HU Jimin Archived 16 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 纪念胡济民先生 (In Memorial of Mr. Hu Jimin) Archived 19 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- The Biography of Nuclear Physicist Hu Jimin; Peking University Press; ISBN 7-301-03071-1; 1997.
- Hu Jimin; Jincheng Press; ISBN 978-7-80251-031-9; 2007.
External links
- Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission: Hu Jinmin
- Full biography of HU Jimin (incl. photos) at Hudong.com
- The historic complex between Zhejiang University and Peking University