Pan Jianwei

Pan Jianwei (Chinese: 潘建伟; pinyin: Pān Jiànwěi; born 3 March 1970) is a Chinese quantum physicist and university administrator known for his work in the field of quantum entanglement. In 2017, he has was named one of Nature's 10, which labelled him "Father of Quantum."[1] He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the World Academy of Sciences and Executive Vice President of the University of Science and Technology of China.[2] He also serves as Vice Chairman of Jiusan Society, one of the minor political parties in China under the direct leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).[3]

Pan Jianwei
潘建伟
Born (1970-03-03) 3 March 1970
Dongyang, Zhejiang, China
TitleProfessor and Executive Vice President of the University of Science and Technology of China
Vice Chairman of Jiusan Society
Political partyJiusan Society
Alma materUniversity of Science and Technology of China
University of Vienna
Known forMulti-photon quantum entanglement
Free-space quantum teleportation
AwardsErich Schmid Prize (2003)[4]
Emmy Noether Research Award (2004)
Sofja Kovalevskaja Award (2004)[4]
Fresnel Prize (2005)[4]
Chinese Young Scientist Prize (2006) [4]
QCMC Quantum Communication Award (2012)[5]
Physics World 2015 Breakthrough of the Year [6]
2015 State Natural Science Award (First Class)[7]
2018 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics
ZEISS Research Award (2020)
Micius Quantum Prize (2019)
Scientific career
FieldsQuantum entanglement
InstitutionsUniversity of Science and Technology of China
Doctoral advisorAnton Zeilinger
In this Chinese name, the family name is Pan.

Early life and education

Pan was born in 1970 in Dongyang, Zhejiang, China. In 1987, he entered the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), from which he received his bachelor's and master's degrees. He received his PhD from the University of Vienna in Austria, where he worked in the group of Anton Zeilinger.[4]

Contributions

Pan's team demonstrated five-photon entanglement in 2004.[8] Under his leadership, the world's first quantum satellite launched successfully in August 2016 as part of the Quantum Experiments at Space Scale, a Chinese research project.[9][10] In June 2017, Pan's team used their quantum satellite to demonstrate entanglement with satellite-to-ground total summed lengths between 1600km and 2400km and entanglement distribution over 1200km between receiver stations.[11]

Awards and recognition

He was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011 and to the World Academy of Sciences in 2012. He won the International Quantum Communication Award in 2012.[12]

In April 2014, he was appointed Vice President of the University of Science and Technology of China.

His team's work on double quantum-teleportation was selected as the Physics World "Top Breakthrough of the Year" in 2015.[6] His team, whose members include Peng Chengzhi, Chen Yu'ao, Lu Chaoyang, and Chen Zengbing, won the State Natural Science Award (First Class) in 2015.[7]

In 2017, the journal Nature named Pan, along with such figures as Ann Olivarius and Scott Pruitt, one of the top 10 people who made "a significant impact in science either for good or for bad," with the label "Father of Quantum" given to Pan.[1]

Pan was included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2018.[13]

In 2019, Pan was appointed as lead editor of Physical Review Research.[14]

In 2020, Pan received the ZEISS Research Award.[15] Previous recipients of the biennial award, which recognizes advances in optics and photonics specifically, included the likes of Stefan Hell, Shuji Nakamura, Eric Allin Cornell, and Ahmed Zewail. Many were subsequently awarded the Nobel Prize.

References
  1. Elizabeth Gibney. "Nature's 10". Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  2. "潘建伟-中国科学技术大学" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  3. "潘建伟副主席_九三学社中央委员会" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  4. "Jian-Wei Pan". University of Science and Technology of China. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  5. "Quantum Communication Award 2012". 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  6. "Double quantum-teleportation milestone is Physics World 2015 Breakthrough of the Year - physicsworld.com". physicsworld.com. 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  7. "The 2015 State Nature Science First Class Award honors USTC team's work". en.hfnl.ustc.edu.cn. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  8. Zhao Z, Chen YA, Zhang AN, Yang T, Briegel HJ, Pan JW (July 2004). "Experimental demonstration of five-photon entanglement and open-destination teleportation". Nature. 430 (6995): 54–8. arXiv:quant-ph/0402096. Bibcode:2004Natur.430...54Z. doi:10.1038/nature02643. PMID 15229594. S2CID 4336020.
  9. Nomaan Merchant (2016-08-16). "China's launch of quantum satellite major step in space race". Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  10. Aron, Jacob (2016-08-16). "China launches world's first quantum communications satellite". Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  11. J. Yin, Y. Cao, Y.- H. Li, S.- K. Liao, L. Zhang, J.- G. Ren, W.- Q. Cai, W.- Y. Liu, B. Li, H. Dai, G.- B. Li, Q.- M. Lu, Y.- H. Gong, Y. Xu, S.- L. Li, F.- Z. Li, Y.- Y. Yin, Z.- Q. Jiang, M. Li, J.- J. Jia, G. Ren, D. He, Y.- L. Zhou, X.- X. Zhang, N. Wang, X. Chang, Z.- C. Zhu, N.- L. Liu, Y.- Ao. Chen, C.- Y. Lu, R. Shu, C.- Z. Peng, J.- Y. Wang, and J.- W. Pan "Satellite-based entanglement distribution over 1200 kilometers", Science, 356, 6343, 1140-1144, (2017) doi:10.1126/science.aan3211
  12. Mason Coultrane (2015-02-06). "Quantum Communication Takes Another Leap Between Beijing and Shanghai". Yibada. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  13. "Jian-Wei Pan: The World's 100 Most Influential People". Time. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  14. "Jian-Wei Pan Appointed Lead Editor of Physical Review Research". American Physical Society. 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  15. "Jian-Wei Pan to Receive ZEISS Research Award". 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
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