Pan Jianwei

Pan Jianwei
Native name 潘建伟
Born March 1970
Dongyang, Zhejiang, China
Residence Hefei, Anhui, China
Nationality Chinese
Fields quantum entanglement
Institutions University of Science and Technology of China
Alma mater University of Science and Technology of China
University of Vienna
Doctoral advisor Anton Zeilinger
Known for Multi-photon quantum entanglement
free-space quantum teleportation
Notable awards Erich Schmid Prize (2003)[1]
Emmy Noether Research Award (2004) [2]
Sofja Kovalevskaja Award (2004) [3]
Fresnel Prize (2005)[4]
Chinese Young Scientist Prize (2006) [5]
QMCM Quantum Communication Award (2012) [6]

Pan Jianwei is a Chinese Quantum physicist. In 1987 he entered University of Science and Technology of China(USTC) and got his bachelor's degree and master's degree there. He received his PhD from Vienna University, Austria.[7] He is mainly know for his work in the field of quantum entanglement. His team demonstrated five-photon entanglement in 2004.[8] He was elected as a member of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011 and TWAS in 2012. In April 2014, he was appointed as the vice-president of USTC. He won the International Quantum Communication Award in 2012.[9]The work of his team was selected as the top breakthrough in 2015 around the world by Physics World.[10] His team (include Peng Chengzhi, Chen Yuao, Lu Chaoyang, Chen Zengbing and etc) won the State Natural Science First Class Award in 2016.[11]

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