About Lin Xiangdi
Lived 1934 – 2018 (aged 84). Lin Xiangdi was a Chinese scientist.
Lin Xiangdi (; 8 February 1934 – 29 July 2018) was a Chinese optoelectronic engineer. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and served as president of the Southwest University of Science and Technology in Sichuan.
Biography Lin was born 8 February 1934 in Nantong, Jiangsu, China. After graduating from Zhejiang University in 1956, he worked for the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
In 1972, Lin moved to Sichuan Province to help establish the Institute of Optics and Electronics of the CAS,
Lin died on 29 July 2018 in Chengdu, aged 84.
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