The Asian Scientist 100
Pan Jianwei
Institution
University of Science and Technology of China
Country
China
Field
Physics
The 2017 Future Science Prize in Physics was awarded to Pan in honor of his work on quantum optical technology.
(Photo: The State Council of the People’s Republic of China)
AWARDS
- 2017 Future Science Prize in Physics
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