| Office1: | President of Peking University | ||||||||||||||||||
| Term Start1: | March 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Term End1: | February 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor1: | Zhou Qifeng | ||||||||||||||||||
| Successor1: | Lin Jianhua | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wang Enge | |||||||||||||||||||
| Native Name: | 王恩哥 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1957 1, df=yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Shenyang, Liaoning, China | ||||||||||||||||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Liaoning University Peking University | ||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Physicist | ||||||||||||||||||
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Wang Enge (; born 24 January 1957) is a Chinese physicist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He succeeded Zhou Qifeng to the office of the President of Peking University on 22 March 2013.[1] [2] From 15 February 2015, he becomes the Vice President of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Wang was born into a wealthy and highly educated family in Shenyang, Liaoning.[3] [4] During the Down to the Countryside Movement, he became a sent-down youth in Liaozhong County. After the Cultural Revolution, he was accepted to Liaoning University in December 1977, obtaining a B.S. and M.S. in theoretical physics.[3] [4] [5] Before graduation, Wang went to study in America at Princeton University.[4] Wang received his Ph.D. from Peking University in July 1990.[4] [6] In January 1992, Wang attended the University of Lille Nord de France.[4] [7]
In 2007, Wang was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, at the age of 50.[7] [8] In 2009, Wang served as the President of School of Physics of Peking University. On 22 March 2013, Wang was promoted to become the President of Peking University. He is a recipient of the 2005 TWAS Prize.[9] Wang also received the Advanced Materials Laureate in 2018.[10]