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Min Naiben

1935 – 2018

Chinese physicist and politician

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Lived 1935 – 2018 (aged 83). Min Naiben was a Chinese physicist.

Min Naiben (; 9 August 1935 – 16 September 2018), also known as Nai-Ben Ming, was a Chinese materials scientist, physicist, and politician. He was a Standing Committee member of the 9th Central Committee of the Jiusan Society and vice-president of the 10th and 11th Central Committee of the Jiusan Society.

Biography Min was born in Rugao, Jiangsu, on August 9, 1935. After graduating from Shanghai Advanced Mechanical Vocational School (now University of Shanghai for Science and Technology) in 1954, he studied and then taught at Nanjing University. In 1982 he was hired as an associate visiting professor at the University of Utah. In 1986 he became a guest professor at Tohoku University. In 1986, Min was appointed as the group leader of Physics Group of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, a position in which he remained until 1992. In 1990–1991 he taught as a guest professor at the University of Alabama. He joined the Jiusan Society in 1995. He was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991 and a fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2001.

On September 16, 2018, he died of an illness in Nanjing, Jiangsu.

Papers

Awards and honors 1999 TWAS Prize for Physics, "for design and fabrication of periodic and quasiperiodic dielectric superlattices and realization of second harmonic generation (SHG), multiple wavelength SHG, third harmonic generation, optical stability, polariton excitation, and ultrasonic generation with high frequency". Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize for Physics

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Education
Nanjing University, Tohoku University
Positions held
Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Employers
Nanjing University
Awards
TWAS Prize for Physics; Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize; TWAS Prize
Also known as
Nai-Ben Ming

Contemporaries

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Min Naiben?

Chinese physicist and politician (1935–2018)

When was Min Naiben born?

Min Naiben was born on 9 August 1935 in Rugao.

When did Min Naiben die?

Min Naiben died on 16 September 2018 in Nanjing.

What was Min Naiben's occupation?

Min Naiben was a physicist.

What nationality was Min Naiben?

Min Naiben was Chinese.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Min Naiben

· Wikidata: Q9007183

· DBpedia: Min Naiben

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