Pan Junhua (Chinese: 潘君骅; 14 October 1930 – 18 December 2023) was a Chinese applied optics engineer, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He was a member of the Chinese Communist Party.[1][2]
Pan Junhua | |||||||
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潘君骅 | |||||||
| Born | 14 October 1930 | ||||||
| Died | 18 December 2023 (aged 93) Suzhou, Jiangsu, China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Applied optics | ||||||
| Institutions | Nanjing Astronomical Instrument Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 潘君骅 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 潘君驊 | ||||||
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Biography edit
Pan was born in Shanghai, on 14 October 1930, while his ancestral home in Changzhou, Jiangsu.[1][2] He attended the Wukang County Middle School and Shanghai Nanyang Model High School.[1] In 1949, he was accepted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University.[1][2] After university in 1952, he was despatched to the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics.[1][2] In 1956, he went to the Pulkovo Observatory in the Soviet Union to study astronomical optics and obtained an associate doctoral degree under the supervision of academician Maksutov (马克苏托夫).[1][2]
He returned to China in 1960 and continued to work at the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics.[1][2] In 1980, he was transferred to the Nanjing Astronomical Instrument Research Center, where he led the development of a 2.16-meter optical astronomical telescope, which earned him the First Class of State Science and Technology Progress Award in 1998.[1][2] He became a researcher at the Institute of Modern Optics, Suzhou University in May 2000.[1][2]
In 2019, an asteroid with the international designation 216331 was officially named "Pan Junhua Asteroid" in recognition of Pan's significant contributions in the field of applied optics research for a long time.[1][2]
On 18 December 2023, he died from an illness in Suzhou, at the age of 93.[1][2][3]
Honours and awards edit
- 1998 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class) for the 2.16-meter optical astronomical telescope[2]
- 1999 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)[2]
- 1999 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Third Class) for the folded axis stepped grating spectrometer[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Song Hui (宋慧) (20 December 2023). 苏州大学发布讣告：潘君骅院士逝世，享年94岁. shobserver.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Wang Jianliang (王建亮) (19 December 2023). 中国工程院院士、著名应用光学专家潘君骅逝世，享年94岁. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ 沉痛悼念！潘君骅院士逝世. qq.com (in Chinese). 20 December 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2024.