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Zhou Youyuan (Chinese: 周又元; pinyin: Zhōu Yòuyuán; July 30, 1938 – March 12, 2021) was a Chinese astrophysicist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Biography

Zhou was born in Shanghai, on July 30, 1938, while his ancestral home was in Nanjing, Jiangsu. In 1960, he graduated from Peking University, where he majored in physics. He joined the faculty of the University of Science and Technology of China in 1960 and was promoted to professor in 1985. He served as director of its Center for Astrophysics from 1991 to 1995. In 1997, he became deputy director of the Academic Committee of the Open Laboratory for Cosmic Rays and High Energy Astrophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. On April 19, 2019, asteroid 120730 was named after him for his contribution to astronomy. On March 12, 2021, he died of illness in Beijing, at the age of 82.

Honours and awards

• 1980 State Natural Science Award (Second Class)
• 1990 State Natural Science Award (Second Class)
• 2001 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

References

1. ^ 中科院院士周又元逝世，共和国今年已送别5位院士 [Zhou Youyuan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, passes away, and China has lost five academicians this year]. sina (in Chinese). 14 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
2. Xiao Jie (肖洁) (21 April 2019). 又一颗星星被冠以中国科学家名字 [Another asteroid is named after a Chinese scientist]. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 March 2021.
3. Chen Jianhui (陈建慧) (13 March 2021). 天体物理学家周又元院士逝世，一颗小行星以他的名字命名 [Academician Zhou Youyuan, an astrophysicist, is dead. An asteroid was named after him]. thepaper.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 March 2021.

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