Pan Jianwei, " Father of quantum (量子) " , was born in Zhejiang in March 1970. After he at the University of Science and Technology of China from 1985 to 1995, Pan went to Vienna in 1996 for further studies and stayed there until 2001. Then he returned to the Chinese university as a physics professor and began to build a quantum science research team at the university. The team now includes about 50 , most of whom are also returnees  from overseas(海归) .

    He became a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ( 中 科 院 ) in 2011. Of all the members, he was the one. In 2015, he was named the standing vice - president of the University of Science and Technology of China.

    Under his leadership, the world's first quantum satellite(卫星) was launched(发射) in August 2016.

    Pan Jianwei was recognized by Nature magazine on list of "10 people who mattered" in 2017.