Xie Sishen

Xie Sishen (; 18 February 1942 – 2 November 2022) was a Chinese physicist, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Biography Xie was born in Qingdao, Shandong, on 18 February 1942. After graduating from Peking University in 1965, he was despatched to Ningxia Iron and Steel Works as a technician.

On 2 November 2022, he died of an illness in Beijing, at the age of 80.

Honours and awards 1989 State Natural Science Award (First Class) for the discovery of high tc oxide system 1991 State Natural Science Award (Third Class) for the synthesis, correlation and crystal structure of oxide superconductors at liquid nitrogen temperature 2000 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation 2001 3rd Zhou Peiyuan Physics Prize 2002 State Natural Science Award (Second Class) for the preparation, structure and properties of aligned carbon nanotubes 2003 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 2004 Fellow of The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)