An academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences （CAS）,Professor Changxuan Yu,a long-time professor of plasma physics at the University of Science and Technology of China （USTC）,Hefei,China,passed away in Hefei on Ma...An academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences （CAS）,Professor Changxuan Yu,a long-time professor of plasma physics at the University of Science and Technology of China （USTC）,Hefei,China,passed away in Hefei on May 23,2017.Professor Yu was born on July 7,1941,in Java Island,Indonesia,and then moved back to China in 1948 with his parents.He finished his high schooleducation in Xiamen City, Fujian Province in 1959, and was admi-tted to USTC, then located in Beijing. After graduating with excellence from USTC, which had been relocated to Hefei, Anhui Province, he stayed on as a faculty until his passing away. During this period he visited the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, from 1980 to 1982, 1989 to 1991, and 2000 to 2001 for research colla- boration. He was promoted to Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and full Professor in 1979, 1985 and 1992, respectively, and elected as a CAS Academician in 2007 based on his outstanding achievements in plasma physics and nuclear fusion science, and great contributions to education and development of these fields in China.展开更多
文摘An academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences （CAS）,Professor Changxuan Yu,a long-time professor of plasma physics at the University of Science and Technology of China （USTC）,Hefei,China,passed away in Hefei on May 23,2017.Professor Yu was born on July 7,1941,in Java Island,Indonesia,and then moved back to China in 1948 with his parents.He finished his high schooleducation in Xiamen City, Fujian Province in 1959, and was admi-tted to USTC, then located in Beijing. After graduating with excellence from USTC, which had been relocated to Hefei, Anhui Province, he stayed on as a faculty until his passing away. During this period he visited the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, from 1980 to 1982, 1989 to 1991, and 2000 to 2001 for research colla- boration. He was promoted to Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and full Professor in 1979, 1985 and 1992, respectively, and elected as a CAS Academician in 2007 based on his outstanding achievements in plasma physics and nuclear fusion science, and great contributions to education and development of these fields in China.
