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My Take
Pan Jianwei is one of the scientists I find genuinely awe-inspiring even when the physics goes over my head. His work on quantum entanglement, quantum information, and quantum computing has put him at the global frontier, recognized by Time 100 and Nature's 10. Born in 1970 in Dongyang and shaped at the University of Science and Technology of China, he represents the patient, long-horizon kind of research that quietly rewrites what is possible in computing and communication. I deeply respect minds that chase fundamental problems with no guarantee of payoff, and Pan strikes me as exactly that rare, world-shaping intellect.
Overview
Pan Jianwei (Chinese: 潘建伟; pinyin: Pān Jiànwěi; born 11 March 1970) is a Chinese academic administrator and quantum physicist. He is a university administrator and professor of physics at the University of Science and Technology of China. Pan is known for his work in the field of quantum entanglement, quantum information and quantum computers.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Pan Jianwei
- Name (Japanese)
- 潘建偉
- Reading
- ぱん・けんい
- Born
- March 11, 1970 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Dog
- Origin
- Dongyang, People's Republic of China
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- physicist / researcher
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Science and Technology of China
Awards & achievements
- 2013 HLHL Science and Technology Achievement Award
- 2018 Pioneer of Reform
- Thousand Talents Program
- 2004 Sofia Kovalevskaya Award
- 2017 Nature's 10
- 2018 Time 100
- 2019 R. W. Wood Prize
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Xhttps://x.com/pjianwei
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BD%98%E5%BB%BA%E5%81%89
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.