Li Zhijian (physicist)


Li Zhijian was a Chinese physicist. He was a pioneer of Chinese microelectronics. He was former Chief Director of the Institute of Microelectronics, Tsinghua University; and the ex-Chairman of the Academic Committee, School of Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University.

Life

Li was born on 1 May 1928, in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. In 1951, he graduated from the Department of Physics, Zhejiang University in Hangzhou with a bachelor's degree. He went to study mathematics and physics in the USSR and was awarded a Science Doctorand by the USSR National University of Leningrad.
Li later became a professor of Tsinghua University and held the chief-director position of the institute of Microelectronics for a long period. He was the chairman of the Academic Committee of the Information Science and Technology School, Tsinghua University.
He was also Vice-president of the Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; and the Vice-chairman of the Chinese semiconductor and Integrated Circuits Technology Association.
Li was active at many international academic meetings, serving many times as the meeting-president, member of meeting commission in many international conferences including the International Conference on Solid State Device and Integrated Circuit Technology, Solid State Material and Device Meeting and IEEE Regional Conferences.

Death

Li died of illness in Beijing at 4:30 pm on 2May 2011.

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