Bei Shizhang
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| Bei Shizhang | |
| Born | October 10, 1903  Zhenhai, Zhejiang, China |
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| Education | Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen |
| Occupation | Biologist |
Bei Shizhang (Simplified Chinese:贝时璋, Traditional Chinese:貝時璋, pinyin:Bèi Shízhāng; also written Shi-Zhang Bei) (born October 10, 1903) is a renowned Chinese biologist and educator. He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
He was born in Zhenhai, Zhejiang province on 10 October 1903. He is now the oldest member of both the Academia Sinica and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is the founder, the first chief director and current honorary director of the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
He is a pioneer of Chinese cytology, embryology and the founder of Chinese biophysics. He is considered the "Father of Chinese Biophysics". The asteroid 31065 Beishizhang was named in his honour on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
He obtained his doctorate from the University of Tübingen (Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen) in 1928.[1]
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