Xie Jialin

Xie Jialin (simplified Chinese: 谢家麟; traditional Chinese: 謝家麟; 8 August 1920 – 20 February 2016) was a Chinese physicist.

Born in Harbin, he attended the University of Beijing where he studied physics. Upon graduation in 1943, Xie enrolled at Stanford University, where he earned a Ph.D in 1951. While working for the University of Chicago Medical Center in 1955, he developed a particle accelerator used to treat cancerous tumors. Later that year, Xie returned to China and helped build the country's first particle accelerator. He received the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award for his work in 2011.[1]

Xie died on 20 February 2016 at the age of 96 in Beijing.[1]

Asteroid 32928 Xiejialin is named in his honor.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "国家最高科技奖获得者谢家麟逝世(图)" (in Chinese). NetEase. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "32928号小行星命名为"谢家麟星"" (in Chinese). Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 5 January 2016.
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