Fujia Yang
Encyclopedia
Professor Yang Fujia (b. June 1936) is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
, a renowned nuclear
physicist
and Chancellor of the University of Nottingham
, England
.
, Zhejiang Province. He was born in Shanghai, graduated from Shanghai Ge-Zhi High School 上海格致中学 and obtained a degree in physics
from Fudan University
. He was a lecturer and professor of physics at Fudan, serving as President of the university from 1993 to 1999.
Yang was Director of the Shanghai
Institute of Nuclear Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences from 1987 to 2001, was Chairman of the Shanghai Science and Technology Association (1992–1996), and he was the first president of the Association of University Presidents of China (1997–1999).
Yang has held visiting professorships at the Niels Bohr Institute
in Copenhagen
, Denmark
; Rutgers University
, New Jersey
, U.S.
; the State University of New York at Stony Brook
, USA; and the University of Tokyo
, Japan
. He holds honorary degrees from Soka University, Tokyo
, Japan; the State University of New York
, USA; the University of Hong Kong; the University of Nottingham
, England
; and the University of Connecticut
, USA.
Professor Yang Fujia was formally installed as The University of Nottingham's sixth Chancellor on 4 July 2001, the first time that a Chinese academic has become Chancellor of a UK university.
Other roles which Professor Yang has held include:
Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Chinese Academy of Sciences , formerly known as Academia Sinica, is the national academy for the natural sciences of the People's Republic of China. It is an institution of the State Council of China. It is headquartered in Beijing, with institutes all over the People's Republic of China...
, a renowned nuclear
Nuclear physics
Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies the building blocks and interactions of atomic nuclei. The most commonly known applications of nuclear physics are nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons technology, but the research has provided application in many fields, including those...
physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
and Chancellor of the University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public research university based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
, England
England
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.
Biography
Yang's ancestral hometown is Zhenhai County (current Zhenhai District), NingboNingbo
Ningbo is a seaport city of northeastern Zhejiang province, Eastern China. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, the municipality has a population of 7,605,700 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 3,089,180 in the built up area made of 6 urban districts. It lies south of the Hangzhou Bay,...
, Zhejiang Province. He was born in Shanghai, graduated from Shanghai Ge-Zhi High School 上海格致中学 and obtained a degree in physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
from Fudan University
Fudan University
Fudan University , located in Shanghai, is one of the oldest and most selective universities in China, and is a member of the C9 League. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty...
. He was a lecturer and professor of physics at Fudan, serving as President of the university from 1993 to 1999.
Yang was Director of the Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
Institute of Nuclear Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences from 1987 to 2001, was Chairman of the Shanghai Science and Technology Association (1992–1996), and he was the first president of the Association of University Presidents of China (1997–1999).
Yang has held visiting professorships at the Niels Bohr Institute
Niels Bohr Institute
The Niels Bohr Institute is a research institute of the University of Copenhagen. The research of the institute spans astronomy, geophysics, nanotechnology, particle physics, quantum mechanics and biophysics....
in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
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, Denmark
Denmark
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; Rutgers University
Rutgers University
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, New Jersey
New Jersey
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, U.S.
United States
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; the State University of New York at Stony Brook
State University of New York at Stony Brook
The State University of New York at Stony Brook, also known as Stony Brook University, is a public research university located in Stony Brook, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island, about east of Manhattan....
, USA; and the University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo
, abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is considered to be the most prestigious university...
, Japan
Japan
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. He holds honorary degrees from Soka University, Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan; the State University of New York
State University of New York
The State University of New York, abbreviated SUNY , is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States. It is the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the United States, with a total enrollment of 465,000 students, plus...
, USA; the University of Hong Kong; the University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public research university based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
; and the University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut
The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
, USA.
Professor Yang Fujia was formally installed as The University of Nottingham's sixth Chancellor on 4 July 2001, the first time that a Chinese academic has become Chancellor of a UK university.
Other roles which Professor Yang has held include:
- Council Member representing China on the Association of East Asia Research Universities
- Member of the International Association of University Presidents
- Member of the Association of University Presidents of the Pacific Rim
- Vice-president of the Chinese Association of Science and Technology
Notable Research
- Hyperfine Structure Measurements in the Lines 576.91 nm, 597.11 nm and 612.61 nm of La II; Li Maosheng, Ma Hongliang, Chen Miaohua, Chen Zhijun, Lu Fuquan, Tang Jiayong and Yang Fujia; Phys. Scr. 61 No 4 (2000) 449-451
- Hyperfine structure in the 576 nm line of Pr II by collinear fast-ion-beam laser spectroscopy; Ma Hongliang, Chen Miaohua, Chen Zhijun, Shi Wei, Lu Fuquan, Tang Jiayong and Yang Fujia; J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 32 No 5 (14 March 1999) 1345-1349 Abstract
- Electron-impact ionization cross sections and rates for ions of neon; Chen Chongyang, Yan Shixiang, Teng Zhouxuan, Wang Yansen, Yang Fujia and Sun Yongsheng; J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 31 No 24 (28 December 1998) 5403-5405
- Electron-impact ionization cross sections and rates for ions of neon; Chen Chongyang, Yan Shixiang, Teng Zhouxuan, Wang Yansen, Yang Fujia and Sun Yongsheng; J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 31 No 12 (28 June 1998) 2667-2679
- Optical isotope shifts of Nd II by collinear fast-ion-beam laser spectroscopy; Ma Hongliang, Shi Wei, Yan Bin, Li Yong, Fang Dufei, Lu Fuquan, Tang Jiayong and Yang Fujia; J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 30 No 15 (14 August 1997) 3355-3360
- Single Electron Capture for Ce+ and Ho+ in H2; Wu Weimin, Gu Jian, Wu Songmao, Lu Fuquan and Yang Fujia; Chinese Phys. Lett. 12 No 1 (January 1995) 16-18
- Configuration mixing of the level (23 537)o9/2 in Nd II deduced from the optical isotope shifts by collinear fast-ion-beam laser spectroscopy; Wang Yansen, Lu Fuquan, Wy Songmao, Shi Wei, Song Linggen, Tang Jiayong and Yang Fujia; J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 24 No 1 (14 January 1991) 45-48