Academic lineage
Jianfei Cai
Traced back 10 generations to Nathaniel Bowditch, through 10 recorded advisors.
One line backeach person advised the one above
Every recorded advisorby generation
Links come from public thesis records, Wikidata, the Academic Family Tree (CC BY 4.0) and the scholars themselves; the nearest ones are labelled on the profile. Older generations follow Wikidata’s “doctoral advisor” and “student of” statements and the Academic Family Tree’s graduate and postdoctoral links; for early scholars these record teachers as well as formal supervisors. A thesis record does not say who the main supervisor was, so co-supervisors appear alongside.