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Chang Jin

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Chang Jin
常进
BornJuly 1966 (age 58)
Alma materUniversity of Science and Technology of China
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsPurple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinCháng Jìn

Chang Jin (Chinese: 常进; born July 1966) is a Chinese astronomer and the current director of Purple Mountain Observatory.[1][2][3]

Biography

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Chang was born in Taixing, Jiangsu in July 1966. He graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China.[citation needed]

In August 1992 he joined the Purple Mountain Observatory, where he was promoted to associate research fellow in August 1999 and to research fellow in March 2002. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in April 1995. He served as deputy director of the Purple Mountain Observatory from February 2014 to February 2019. In February 2019 he was appointed director of the Purple Mountain Observatory.[4] He is also the chief scientist of China's Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE).[5]

Honors and awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Chinese satellite detects mysterious signals in search for dark matter". People's Daily. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  2. ^ Dennis Normile (29 November 2017). "China's dark matter space probe detects tantalizing signal". sciencemag. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  3. ^ 现任领导自然情况和工作简历. Purple Mountain Observatory (in Chinese). 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  4. ^ Zhang Ye (张晔) (11 March 2019). 常进:“要对得起国家的这份信任”. Economic Daily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  5. ^ ""Monkey King" makes China world leader in dark matter detection". Xinhua. 1 December 2017. Archived from the original on February 1, 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  6. ^ 中科院8人获2018年度何梁何利奖. CAS (in Chinese). 8 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  7. ^ 2019年中科院院士增选结果揭晓,64人当选,最小年龄42岁. Phoenix Television (in Chinese). 22 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Yang Ji (杨戟)
Director of the Purple Mountain Observatory
2019–
Incumbent