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Biography Revised: 5/15/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2006

PHOTO: Wang Shouwu
Wang Shouwu 王守武
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Semiconductor Component Physcist

Biography

Wang Shouwu, male, Han nationality, is a native of Suzhou Jiangsu Province. He graduated from Tongji University in 1941 and obtained a master's degree at Purdue University in the United States in 1946. Three years later, in 1949, he received a doctorate degree from Purdue.

A semiconductor component physicist, Wang constructed the first transistor factory in China in 1958. He research led him to focus on gallium arsenide laser and he created a simple method of optical crystal orientation fixing. He then successfully developed the first gallium arsenide laser.

In 1978, Wang led a scientific and technological team in research designed to improve the finished product ratio of large scale IC chips. He and his team solve a series of complicated technical problems and improved the design of the chips significantly.

He was elected as academician to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.

Career Data

1980— Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Honorary Director, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Semiconductor Research Institute, Microelectronic Center
Researcher, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Semiconductor Research Institute
1949 Graduate, Purdue University USA, Indiana, West Lafayette (Received Doctorate)
1946 Graduate, Purdue University USA, Indiana, West Lafayette (Received Master's Degree)
1941 Graduate, Tongji University Shanghai Municipality


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