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PHYSICIST

He Jiankui

1984 - Today

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He Jiankui ([xɤ̂ tɕjɛ̂nkʰwěɪ]; Chinese: 贺建奎; born 1984) is a Chinese biophysicist who was an associate professor in the Department of Biology of the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in Shenzhen, China. Earning his Ph.D. from Rice University in Texas on protein evolution, including that of CRISPR, He learned gene-editing techniques (CRISPR/Cas9) as a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University in California. He Jiankui became widely known in November 2018 after he announced that he had created the first human genetically edited babies, twin girls who were born in mid-October 2018 and known by their pseudonyms, Lulu and Nana. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of He Jiankui has received more than 652,120 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). He Jiankui is the 767th most popular physicist (down from 715th in 2019), the 1,033rd most popular biography from China (down from 946th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Chinese Physicist.

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  • 34.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, He Jiankui ranks 767 out of 717. Before him are William Penney, Baron Penney, Edward Andrade, Jim Al-Khalili, Nathan Seiberg, Paul Ginsparg, and Sean M. Carroll. After him are Deborah S. Jin, Gian Francesco Giudice, Ashoke Sen, Jess Wade, Nergis Mavalvala, and Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, He Jiankui ranks 401. Before him are Malek Jaziri, Lee Da-hae, Ahna O'Reilly, Matías Silvestre, Boško Janković, and Kim Joon. After him are Oh Beom-seok, René Toft Hansen, Akiko Sudo, Brandon Roy, Alexander Geynrikh, and Damien Perquis.

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In China

Among people born in China, He Jiankui ranks 1,033 out of 1,392. Before him are Ju Wenjun (1991), G.E.M. (1991), Gao Lin (1986), Han Cong (1992), Yang Yang (1977), and Pang Qing (1979). After him are Zhuang Xiaoyan (1969), Alan Dawa Dolma (1987), Shao Jiayi (1980), Li Xiaoshuang (1973), Liao Fan (1974), and Ma Mingyu (1970).

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Among PHYSICISTS In China

Among physicists born in China, He Jiankui ranks 7. Before him are Walter Houser Brattain (1902), Yang Chen-Ning (1922), Tsung-Dao Lee (1926), Chien-Shiung Wu (1912), Daniel C. Tsui (1939), and Qian Xuesen (1911).

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