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Xie Sishen (February 18, 1942 - November 2, 2022), born in Qingdao, is a Chinese physicist and a researcher at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He entered the Department of Physics of Peking University in 1959 and graduated from the Department of Physics of Peking University in 1965 with a specialization in metal physics. Obtained a doctorate from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1983. In 2003, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2004, he was elected as an academician of the Third World Academy of Sciences. He once served as chief scientist of the National Nanoscience Center and chief scientist of the "973" National Key Basic Research Development Plan "Nanomaterials and Nanostructures" project.