Guo Jingkun

Guo Jingkun (November 21, 1933 - August 17, 2021), Chinese materials scientist. Born in Shanghai, native of Xinhui, Guangdong. Graduated from the Chemistry Department of Fudan University in 1958. He is a researcher at the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and served as director of the institute (December 1983-May 1995) and director of the National Key Laboratory of High-Performance Ceramics and Ultrastructure. He is the second chief scientist in the field of new materials of the National “863” Program. In 1991, he was elected as a member (academician) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.