Gong Qihuang


Gong Qihuang is a Chinese opticist and educator who is a professor and currently president of Peking University.
Gong's research has been mainly in the field of nonlinear optics and spatiotemporal small-scale optics.

Biography

Gong was born in Putian County, Fujian, on 15 August 1964. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1983, a master's degree and a doctor's degree in 1989, all from Peking University. In 1988, he was sent to study at the University of Manchester on government scholarships. He carried out postdoctoral research at Peking University in 1989.
After graduating in 1991, he stayed at Peking University and worked successively as instructor, associate professor, and full professor.
He was appointed deputy dean of the School of Physics in November 2009, became deputy director of the Development Planning Department in March 2012, executive vice dean of the Graduate School in July 2015, and director of the Academic Committee of Peking University in March 2017.
He moved up the ranks to become vice president in July 2017, executive vice president in December 2019, and president in June 2022.

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