Ouyang Xiaoping (Chinese: 欧阳晓平; born 24 January 1961) is a Chinese nuclear physicist who is a deputy director of the Department of Energy and Mining Engineering, Chinese Academy of Engineering, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He was an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Ouyang Xiaoping
欧阳晓平
Born (1961-01-24) 24 January 1961 (age 63)
Haikou, Guangdong, China
Alma materHunan University of Science and Engineering
Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology [zh]
Fudan University
Scientific career
FieldsNuclear physics
InstitutionsDepartment of Energy and Mining Engineering, Chinese Academy of Engineering
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese欧阳晓平
Traditional Chinese歐陽曉平
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinōuyáng Xiǎopíng

Biography

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Ouyang was born in Haikou, Guangdong (now belonged to Hainan), on 24 January 1961, while his ancestral home in Ningyuan County, Hunan. In 1979, he entered Hunan Lingling Normal College (now Hunan University of Science and Engineering) and later the Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology [zh], graduating in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in experimental nuclear physics.[1] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October 1991. From 1999 to 2000, he was a visiting scholar at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States. In 2002, he received his doctor's degree in particle physics and nuclear physics from Fudan University. From 2004 to 2006, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Tsinghua University.

In June 2014, he was recruited as dean of the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xiangtan University.[2] In October 2017, he became an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[3] In 2022, he took office as deputy director of the Department of Energy and Mining Engineering, Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Personal life

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Ouyang is married and has a daughter.[1]

Honours and awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b Yu Rong (余蓉) (29 March 2017). 走近科学家 欧阳晓平:科学家的诗意人生. hunan.voc.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  2. ^ Peng Ting (彭婷) (2 December 2017). 湘大材料学院院长欧阳晓平院士:山高路陡 求索不止. hunantoday.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  3. ^ Nie Chenjing (聂晨静), ed. (24 October 2017). 十九大受权发布:中国共产党第十九届中央委员会候补委员名单. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 October 2022.