On April 30 last year, Yan Ning, a beautiful scientist at Tsinghua University, was selected as a foreign scholar of the American Academy of Sciences, which caused a sensation on the Internet.
However, it is not Professor Yan Ning who can be selected by the National Academy of Sciences. Lee was awarded the honor in 2007.
From ancient times to the present, there is a famous saying, that is, the era of strong women is weak, and the era of weak women and strong people is gone, and in some fields, strong women are also stronger than strong men.
Under such a harsh technical condition at that time, they still insisted on promoting the country's economic construction, and these people were all respectable, and Li Aizhen was one of them.
She applied to the Chinese Academy of Sciences four times, but all were rejected.
Li Aizhen came from a wealthy overseas Chinese family, and when most of her peers struggled to feed herself, she could already read in a clean and bright classroom.
She fell in love with this subject at a very young age, and during the college entrance examination, she was admitted to Fudan University with excellent grades in chemistry. As soon as Li Aizhen graduated, she entered the Institute of Metal Research in Shanghai, jumping from a small intern to a real researcher.
Li Aizhen has gone through more than 30 years from an intern to a researcher. If it weren't for his love of science, he wouldn't have done it.
In order for China to take its place in the world semiconductor field. Li Aizhen, who is in her fifties, comes to the laboratory every day. He ate something in his lab and when he was tired, he dozed off on his desk.
In 1980, she was also sent to Kakini Mellon University as a visiting scholar.
As a researcher, this is not uncommon. However, because Li Aizhen is from a Chinese background, her background is more sensitive, and when she knew that she was about to be sent to the United States, it naturally triggered some gossip from those who competed with her.
After returning to China, she devoted herself to the research of semiconductor materials, published 235 articles, obtained 17 national invention patents, and successfully developed a quantum cascade laser with a wavelength of 5-8 μm for the first time in Asia, making China a major country where only the United States and Europe can develop such lasers. China's successful research and development shocked the whole world.
However, her four applications for academician membership to the Chinese Academy of Sciences were rejected.
Ironically, at the age of 71, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences by a ballot, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences was also recommended, but she didn't know which big guy recommended her.
When the society was full of doubts and doubts, Li Aizhen gave a speech in front of the public to reassure everyone.
Li Aizhen was not interested in the title of "American academician", she didn't even know how she was selected, but after investigation, she found that the American Academy of Sciences was not much different from non-governmental organizations, but the goals were different.
Perhaps Li Aizhen also experienced some setbacks when she became an academician, but this will not have much impact on her life, her achievements are still so dazzling, and she is still so respected!
Scientists may be far away, but what they achieve in their lifetimes affects each and every one of us.
They have made a huge contribution to the country, and it's time to adjust their selection criteria.