Li-Zhi Fang

Background

Fang, Li-Zhi was born on February 12, 1936 in Beijing. Son of Cheng-Pu and Peiji (Shi) Fang. came to the United States, 1991.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Peking U., 1956; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Libre de Bruxelles, 1989; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University di Roma, La Sapienza, 1990; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), College William and Mary, 1991; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Toronto, 1991; Doctor of Science (honorary), York University, Canada, 1993; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Wisconsin, River Falls, 1992.

Career

Junior research fellow, Institute Modern Physics, Chinese Academy Sciences, Beijing, 1956-1958; assistant professor, U. Science and Technology of China, Beijing, 1958-1963; lecturer, U. Science and Technology of China, Beijing, 1963-1977; professor physics, U. Science and Technology of China, Beijing, 1978-1987; director center for astrophysics, U. Science and Technology of China, Beijing, 1980-1987; vice president, U. Science and Technology of China, Beijing, 1984-1987; professor, head of theoretical astrophysics group, Beijing Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy Sciences, 1987-1989; professor physics and astronomy, U. Arizona, Tucson, since 1991. Visiting fellow Academia dei Lincei, Rome, 1979. Senior visiting fellow Institute Astronomy, Cambridge (England) University, 1979-1980, 90.

Visiting professor Research Institute Fundamental Physics, Kyoto U., Japan, 1981-1982. Visiting fellow physics department.U. Rome, 1983. Associate member International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1984-1989.

Active Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1986, 91. Visiting professor department physics and astronomy Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1991.

Achievements

• Li-Zhi Fang has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Physical Society (vice chair committee International Freedom of Sciences 1993,chair 1994), American Astronomical Society, International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics (member county), New York Academy Science (award 1988), International Union for Pure and Applied Physics (commission C19 on Astrophysics, commission A.2).

Connections

Married Shuxian Li, October 6, 1961. Children: Ke, Zhe.

Father:

Cheng-Pu Fang

Mother:

Peiji (Shi) Fang

Spouse:

Shuxian Li

child:

Ke Fang

child:

Zhe Fang