Xiaohui Fan

Xiaohui Fan (born 9 December 1971 in Beijing, China) is an American astronomer, and professor at University of Arizona.[1][2]

He graduated from Nanjing University with a BS, 1992, from Chinese Academy of Sciences with a MS in 1995, and from Princeton University with a Ph. D., in 2000.

In 2003, Fan was named to Popular Science magazine's annual Brilliant Ten list for developing methods to investigate distant quasars.[3]

Awards
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References
  1. http://www.as.arizona.edu/people/faculty/fan.html
  2. http://uanews.org/node/19447
  3. Mone, Gregory (August 4, 2003). "Popsci's 2nd Annual Brilliant 10". Popular Science. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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