Shoucheng Zhang
| Shoucheng Zhang | |
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| Born | February 15, 1963 Shanghai, China |
| Residence | Stanford, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Stanford University Tsinghua University |
| Alma mater | Fudan University Free University of Berlin State University of New York at Stony Brook (PhD) |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter van Nieuwenhuizen |
| Known for | Quantum spin Hall effect Topological insulator Field theory of quantum Hall effect SO(5) theory of high temperature superconductivity |
| Notable awards | Europhysics Prize (2010) Oliver Buckley Prize (2012) Dirac Medal of the ICTP (2012) |
Shoucheng Zhang (张首晟) is the JG Jackson and CJ Wood professor of physics at Stanford University. He is a condensed matter theorist known for his work on topological insulators,[1] quantum spin Hall effect, spintronics, quantum Hall effect and high temperature superconductivity. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received the Guggenheim fellowship in 2007, the Alexander von Humboldt research prize in 2009, the Europhysics prize in 2010, the Oliver Buckley prize in 2012, the Dirac Medal and Prize in 2012, the Physics Frontiers Prize in 2013, the “Nobel-class” Citation Laureates by Thomson Reuters in 2014[2] and the Benjamin Franklin Medal in 2015. He is identified as one of the top candidates for the Nobel Prize by Thomson Reuters in 2014.[3] He has been elected as the member of the National Academy of Science in 2015.
Honors
- Fellow, American Physical Society
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences [4]
- Guggenheim fellow, 2007
- Alexander von Humboldt research prize, 2009
- Europhysics prize, 2010
- Oliver Buckley prize, 2012 [5]
- Dirac Medal of the ICTP, 2012 [6]
- Physics Frontier Prize, 2013 [7]
- “Nobel-class” Citation Laureates by Thomson Reuters， 2014 [8]
- Benjamin Franklin Medal, 2015 [9]
- Member, National Academy of Science[10]
Selected publications
- Quantum spin hall effect in HgTe quantum well theoretically predicted[11]
- Quantum spin hall effect in HgTe quantum well experimentally demonstrated[12]
- Topological field theory of time-reversal invariant insulators[13]
- Topological insulators in Bi2Se3, Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3[14]
- Physics Today[15]
- Reviews of Modern Physics[16]
References
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