Yan Jici

Yan Jici (; 23 January 1901 – 2 November 1996), also commonly known as Ny Tsi-ze, was a Chinese physicist and politician who is considered a founder of modern physics in China. He was a founding member of Academia Sinica in 1948 and of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1955. He served as founding director of the CAS Institute of Physics and the second president of the University of Science and Technology of China (1980–1984).

In politics, he was a delegate to seven consecutive National People's Congresses (1st to 7th), and served as Vice Chairperson of the National People's Congress from 1983 to 1993.

Early and education Yan was born in Dongyang, Zhejiang, China on 23 January 1901. After graduating from the National Southeast University in Nanjing in 1923, he went abroad to study at the University of Paris in France. He earned his master's degree in mathematics and physics in 1925, and his Ph.D. in natural science in 1927. His Ph.D. dissertation was on the "deformation and change of optical properties of quartz in an electrical field", with Charles Fabry as his advisor. As the first Chinese to earn a doctoral degree in France, he became famous in both France and China.

Career

Republic of China After returning to China, Yan became Dean of the School of Sciences and Engineering at Jinan University (then located in Shanghai).

Yan returned to China again in 1930, and soon afterwards became the founding director of the Institute of Physics of the National Peiping Academy in Beiping (now Beijing). As such, he is considered a founder of modern physics in China. She was one of the first female students at Southeast University. The eldest son, Yan Youguang (严又光), was the main designer of China's first digital computer. The second son, Yan Shuangguang (严双光), was an aircraft designer who was beaten to death during the Cultural Revolution. The fourth, Yan Siguang (严四光), was a distinguished researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The fifth, Yan Wuguang (严武光), is a professor at the CAS Institute of High Energy Physics. The sixth, Yan Luguang, is an academician of the CAS and former President of Ningbo University.