Fan Haifu

Fan Haifu (Chinese: 范海福; pinyin: Fàn Haǐfú; 15 August 1933 – 8 July 2022)^[2] was a Chinese crystallographer, physicist, and writer. He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences.^[3]

Fan Haifu
范海福
Born	(1933-08-15)15 August 1933 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Died	8 July 2022(2022-07-08) (aged 88) Beijing, China
Education	Guangdong Experimental High School[1]
Alma mater	Peking University
Spouse	Li Fanghua
Scientific career
Fields	Crystallography
Institutions	Chinese Academy of Sciences The World Academy of Sciences

Biography

Fan was born and raised in Guangzhou, Guangdong, during the Republic of China. He secondary studied at Guangdong Experimental High School (Chinese: 广东实验中学).^[4] He graduated from Peking University in 1956, where he majored in chemistry. He studied chemistry and physics under Tang Youqi (Chinese: 唐有祺), Fu Ying (Chinese: 傅鹰), Xu Guangxian, Zhou Guangzhao, Chen Shaoli (Chinese: 陈绍礼), and Wu Qianzhang (Chinese: 吴乾章).^[4] After graduation, he applied for an internship in the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and became a professor at University of Science and Technology of China and Sun Yat-sen University.

He was elected a fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991 and a fellow of the World Academy of Sciences in 2000. He is also a recipient of the 1996 TWAS Prize.^[5]

Personal life

Fan married Li Fanghua, she was also a Chinese physicist.^[6]

Book

• Physical and Non-Physical Methods of Solving Crystal Structures (collaboration with Michael Woolfson)

Awards

• The Second Class Prize of Natural Sciences of China (1987)
• The TWAS award in physics (1996)
• The Tan Kah Kee Science Award in mathematics and physics (2006)