26 Notable alumni of University of Science and Technology of China
Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Science and Technology of China is ranked #204 in the world and #8 in China by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 26 notable alumni from University of Science and Technology of China sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Science and Technology of China won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Xie Xincheng
1959-. (aged 67)
physicist
Xincheng Xie is a Chinese condensed matter physicist and academic administrator. He is a professor at Peking University and the president of the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).
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2. Hao Wu
1972-. (aged 54)
screenwriter
film director
film editor
Hao Wu is a Chinese American film director, producer and writer living in New York. Wu was also a blogger known as Tian Yi. He is otherwise best known for his feature-length documentary, People's Republic of Desire, winner of the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 2018 South by Southwest, All in My Family, a Netflix Original...
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3. Xia Younan
1965-. (aged 61)
chemist
researcher
engineer
Younan Xia is a Chinese-American chemist, materials scientist, and bioengineer. He is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, with joint appointments in departments of Materials Science and Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
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4. Zhang Wenyu
1910-1992 (aged 82)
physicist
Zhang Wenyu was a Chinese physicist who served as director of the Institute of High Energy Physics from 1973 to 1984. He was one of the founders of cosmic ray research and high energy experimental physics in China. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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5. Guo Guangcan
1942-. (aged 84)
physicist
Guo Guangcan is a Chinese physicist. He is a professor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and Peking University (PKU). He works on quantum information, quantum communication and quantum optic. He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences.
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6. Chao Tang
1958-. (aged 68)
physicist
Tang Chao is a Chair Professor of Physics and Systems Biology at Peking University.
7. Wang Zhizhen
1942-. (aged 84)
biophysicist
researcher
Wang Zhizhen, also known as Chih-Chen Wang, is a Chinese biophysicist and professor at the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. She also served as Vice Chairperson of the 11th and 12th Central Committee of the Jiusan Society and Vice Chairperson of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
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8. Wei Xiong
1975-. (aged 51)
economist
Wei Xiong (Chinese: 熊伟; pinyin: Xióng Weǐ, is a Chinese economist currently the John H. Scully '66 Professor in Finance and Professor of Economics at Princeton University. He also serves as the Academic Dean of School of Management and Economics, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen.
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9. Ya-Qin Zhang
1966-. (aged 60)
entrepreneur
Ya-Qin Zhang is a Chinese-American scientist, technologist and business executive. He is currently a Chair Professor at Tsinghua University and the founding Dean of the Tsinghua institute for AI Industry Research (AIR).
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10. Xiao Qiang
1961-. (aged 65)
theoretical physicist
physicist
writer
journalist
human rights defender
Xiao Qiang is a Chinese-born American physicist and activist. He is the director and Research Scientist of Counter-Power Lab, an interdisciplinary faculty-student research group focusing on digital rights and internet freedom, based in the School of Information, University of California, Berkeley and is funded by the US Department of State. He also serves as the director of the China Internet...
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11. Yi Cui
university teacher
discussion moderator
materials scientist
Yi Cui is a Chinese-American scientist specializing in the fields of nanotechnology, materials science, sustainable energy, and chemistry. Cui is Fortinet Founders Professor at Stanford University, where he also serves as a professor of materials science and engineering and of energy science and engineering. He is a Highly Cited Researcher in the fields of materials science, environment and ecology, engineering,...
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12. Weinan E
1963-. (aged 63)
mathematician
university teacher
Weinan E is a Chinese mathematician. He is known for his pathbreaking work in applied mathematics and machine learning. His academic contributions include novel mathematical and computational results in stochastic differential equations; design of efficient algorithms to compute multiscale and multiphysics problems, particularly those arising in fluid dynamics and chemistry; and pioneering work on the application of deep learning techniques...
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13. Song Sun
1987-. (aged 39)
mathematician
Song Sun is a Chinese mathematician whose research concerns geometry and topology. A Sloan Research Fellow, he was a professor in the Department of Mathematics of the University of California, Berkeley from 2018 until 2023. In 2019, he was awarded the Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry. As of 2024, Sun is a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in...
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14. Chuan He
1972-. (aged 54)
researcher
biochemist
geneticist
Chuan He is a Chinese-American chemical biologist. He currently serves as the John T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is best known for his work in discovering and deciphering reversible RNA methylation in post-transcriptional gene expression regulation. He was awarded the 2023 Wolf Prize in Chemistry...
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15. Yu Yang
1986-. (aged 40)
badminton player
Yu Yang is a retired Chinese badminton player specializing in doubles. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, three time World Champion and four time Asian Champion. Yu was part of the China winning team in four Sudirman Cup, three Uber Cup, two Asian Games, and in a Asia Team Championships.
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16. Xiao-Gang Wen
1961-. (aged 65)
physicist
theoretical physicist
Xiao-Gang Wen is a Chinese-American physicist. He is a Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Distinguished Visiting Research Chair at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. His expertise is in condensed matter theory in strongly correlated electronic systems. In Oct. 2016, he was awarded the Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.
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17. Peidong Yang
1971-. (aged 55)
university teacher
chemist
physicist
Peidong Yang is a Chinese-American chemist, material scientist, and businessman. He is the S.K. and Angela Chan Distinguished Professor of Energy, as well as a Professor of Chemistry and a Professor of Materials Science at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). He is also a Senior Faculty Scientist at the Materials and Chemical Sciences Division at the Lawrence Berkeley...
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18. Fang Lizhi
1936-2012 (aged 76)
astrophysicist
human rights defender
physicist
university teacher
Fang Lizhi was a Chinese astrophysicist, vice-president of the University of Science and Technology of China, and activist whose liberal ideas inspired the pro-democracy student movement of 1986–87 and, finally, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Fang was considered as one of the leaders of the New Enlightenment in the 1980s. Because of his activism, he was expelled from the...
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19. Pan Jianwei
1970-. (aged 56)
physicist
researcher
Pan Jianwei is a Chinese academic administrator and quantum physicist. He is a university administrator and professor of physics at the University of Science and Technology of China. Pan is known for his work in the field of quantum entanglement, quantum information and quantum computers. In 2017, he was named one of Nature's 10, which labelled him "Father of Quantum"....
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20. Yan Jiaqi
1942-. (aged 84)
politician
political scientist
Yan Jiaqi is a Chinese political scientist and dissident.
21. Wang Yang
1955-. (aged 71)
politician
Wang Yang is a Chinese retired politician who served as the chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 2018 to 2023. He was also the fourth-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party from 2017 to 2022.
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22. Guo Moruo
1892-1978 (aged 86)
historian
archaeologist
actor
writer
anthropologist
Guo Moruo, courtesy name Dingtang, was a Chinese author, poet, historian, archaeologist, and government official. A prominent Chinese writer in the May Fourth Movement and later in the Mao era, he was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution. The persecution led him to denounce his colleagues and his past work and demand that all of it be burned, an act for...
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23. Jiankui He
1984-. (aged 42)
biomedical engineer
physicist
biologist
geneticist
inventor
He Jiankui is a Chinese biophysicist known for his controversial first use of genome editing in humans in 2018. He was listed as one of Time's 100 most influential people of 2019, in the section "Pioneers". At the same time, he was widely condemned as a mad scientist.
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24. Fang Zhouzi
1967-. (aged 59)
writer
Fang Shimin, better known by his pen name Fang Zhouzi (Chinese: 方舟子; pinyin: Fāng Zhōuzǐ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Png Chiu-chú; born 28 September 1967), is a Chinese popular science writer who is primarily known for his campaign against pseudoscience and fraud in China. President and co-director of New Threads (simplified Chinese: 新语丝; traditional Chinese: 新語絲; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-gí-si), a publication and website that...
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25. Yang Yuanqing
1964-. (aged 62)
entrepreneur
businessperson
Yang Yuanqing is a Chinese business executive and philanthropist who is the current Chairman and CEO of Lenovo.
26. Nie Chenxi
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Nie Chenxi is a Chinese politician who served as director and Party branch secretary of National Radio and Television Administration from 2018 to 2022 and deputy head of Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party. He served as a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
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