XF
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American astronomer
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
9 December 1971(Beijing, People's Republic of China)
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Education:
Princeton University
Doctor of Philosophy
Princeton University
Nanjing University
The details
Biography
Introduction
Xiaohui Fan (born 9 December 1971 in Beijing, China) is an American astronomer, and professor at University of Arizona.
He graduated from Nanjing University with a BS, 1992, from Chinese Academy of Sciences with a MS in 1995, and from Princeton University with a Ph. D., in 2000.
In 2003, Fan was named to Popular Science magazine's annual Brilliant Ten list for developing methods to investigate distant quasars.
Awards
- 2003 Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy, from the American Astronomical Society
- 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship
- 2003 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
- 2004 David and Lucile Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering