Gan Futu, male, Han nationality, is a native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He graduated from Zhejiang University in 1952 and obtained an assistant doctor's degree from the Silicate Chemical Research Institute of the Soviet Academy of Science in 1959.
Gan Futu developed a series of radiation-enduring optical glass and studied the relations between the ingredients and properties of optical glass. He also studied the laser and luminescent properties of laser glass, Nd mixed laser glass, the spectrum and luminescent nature of transitional elements and rare earth ions in glass and the optical constants of glass and nonlinear characters in outer field action. Gan studied various advanced membranes used for optical storage and developed a new rewritable CD-ROM.
Gan is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.