Ming-Han Ye

Ye Minghan (; 2 April 1925 – 4 October 2024) was a Chinese physicist who served as director of the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences from 1984 to 1988, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He was a member of the China Democratic League.

Early life and career Ye was born into an intellectual Family in Shanghai on 2 April 1925. His uncle Ye Qisun was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He attended Sasaipo Elementary School , Affiliated Middle School of Aurora University (now Shanghai Xiangming High School), and Affiliated High School of Utopia University (now Shanghai Datong High School).

Ye transferred to the Affiliated High School of the Normal College of Central University in 1942 and enrolled at National Southwestern Associated University in 1944.

On 4 October 2024, Ye died in Beijing at the age of 99.

Honours and awards 1990 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Special Prize) for the Beijing Electron Positron Collider and Beijing Spectrometer. 1995 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)