Pan Jianwei

Pan Jianwei is a physicist at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) leading research teams in cutting-edge areas of physics. He is currently newsworthy due to his teams' recent advancements in both optical clocks and quantum communication. One team, under Pan's leadership, has developed a strontium optical clock with unprecedented accuracy, potentially losing or gaining less than one second over 30 billion years. This achievement positions China as a leader in timekeeping and could contribute to the redefinition of the second. Simultaneously, another team led by Pan has achieved tamper-proof quantum communication over 100km using single atoms, enhancing secure information transfer. These developments highlight China's growing prominence in quantum technology and precision measurement, with Pan Jianwei playing a central role in these advancements.