Fan Shiji ( S. Fan), a professor and supervisor of Doctor candidate in Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, was Director of Crystal Department in SICCAS and vice Director of The Committee of Crystal Growth and Materials, Chinese Society of Ceramics; Councilor of International organization of Crystal Growth (IOCG); Editors of J. Synthetic Crystals and J. Inorganic Materials etc also. He was graduated from Chemistry Department, Northwest University in China and entered in SICCAS in 1962 for research of crystal growth, characterization and application. More than one hundred papers have been published by him and his group in international or domestic journals.

He was awarded National Invention Prizes, Grade A and B; Prizes for Scientific and Technical Progress in CAS; The WIPO-CPO Award, Gold Prize etc. ten times and honorable titles such as "Talent in Shanghai Scientific & Technical Circles (Reward for Nominees)"; "The Middle-aged Specialist Making Outstanding Contribution in Chinese Academy of Sciences"(1990); "The Model of Workers in Shanghai"(1996) and "The Shanghai Inventor"(1997).