Prof. WANG, successfully led the design and construction of the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment, which precisely measured the neutrino mixing angle theta13. He is now leading the JUNO experiment to measure the neutrino mass hierarchy using reactor neutrinos and developed a new type of 20-inch micro-channel-based photomultiplier for this purpose. Additionally, Prof. WANG led the design and development of the Beijing Spectrometer (BESIII). In 2012, he also proposed the concept of a circular electron–positron collider (CEPC) and led the program design and key technology research.

For his outstanding contribution to particle physics, he was named one of China’s “Top Ten National Science and Technology Workers” and was awarded the top-ranked first-level prize in China’s National Natural Science Award competition, the W.K.H. Panofsky Prize for experimental particle physics, the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, and the Future Science Prize, among others. He has also been elected a member of CAS, a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of the World Academy of Sciences. 

Prof. WANG Yifang in the Photodetector Lab (Image by IHEP)

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