Ma Yuqiang
Ma Yuqiang | |
|---|---|
马余强 | |
| Vice Chairperson of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |
| Assumed office January 2023 | |
| Chairperson of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy | |
| Assumed office June 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1964 (age 61) Yuyao, Zhejiang, China |
| Party | China Association for Promoting Democracy |
| Suzhou University Nanjing University | |
| Occupation | Physicist, academic, politician |
Awards | Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2021) |
Ma Yuqiang (Chinese: 马余强; born November 1964) is a Chinese physicist, academic administrator, and politician. He is a professor at the School of Physics, Nanjing University, director of the Center for Frontier Theory in Matter Science at Nanjing University, vice chairperson of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), chairperson of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy (CAPD), and a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the CAPD. He was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2021.[1]
Ma's research focuses on soft condensed matter physics, particularly at the intersection of physics, chemistry, and life sciences.[1]
Biography
Ma was born in Yuyao, Zhejiang, in November 1964, with ancestral roots in Ninghai County, Zhejiang. He graduated from the Department of Physics of Ningbo Teachers College (now part of Ningbo University) in 1984 and remained at the institution as a faculty member. In 1990, he received a master's degree in physics from Suzhou University and subsequently entered Nanjing University as a doctoral student under the supervision of theoretical physicist Gong Changde.[1][2]
After obtaining his Ph.D. in 1993, Ma joined the faculty of Nanjing University.[3] He was promoted to associate professor shortly after graduation and became a full professor in 1995. He was selected for the Ministry of Education's Trans-Century Training Programme for Talents in 1997. In 1999, he received funding from the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars.[4][5]
Ma joined the China Association for Promoting Democracy in April 2007. In 2011, he was selected for the second tier of Jiangsu Province's "333 High-Level Talent Cultivation Project". On November 18, 2021, he was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in recognition of his contributions to soft condensed matter physics.[6][7]
In June 2022, Ma was elected chairperson of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy. Later that year, he was elected a member and Standing Committee member of the 15th Central Committee of the CAPD. In January 2023, he was elected vice chairperson of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[8]
Personal life
Ma's younger brother, Ma Yugang (born 1968), is a nuclear physicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and president of East China Normal University.[9]
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