Shoucheng Zhang

Shoucheng Zhang
Born (1963-02-15) 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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Topological quintet bags Europhysics prize". Physics World. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  2. ↑ "Meet The Scientists Who Could Win This Year's Physics Nobel Prize". Business Insider. 2014-09-25.
  3. ↑ "Thomson Reuters Predicts 2014 Nobel Laureates, Researchers Forecast for Nobel Recognition". Thomson Reuters. 2014-09-20.
  4. ↑ "Eight Stanford scholars named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences". News.stanford.edu. 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  5. ↑ "Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize". Aps.org. 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  6. ↑ "Dirac Medal and Prize". Aps.org. 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  7. ↑ "Physics Frontier Prize". physics.stanford.edu.
  8. ↑ "Thomson Reuters Predicts 2014 Nobel Laureates, Researchers Forecast for Nobel Recognition". Thomson Reuters.
  9. ↑ "Benjamin Franklin Medal". news.stanford.edu. 2014-11-03.
  10. ↑ "Nine Stanford faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences". news.stanford.edu. 2015-04-30.
  11. ↑ "Quantum Spin Hall Effect and Topological Phase Transition in HgTe Quantum Wells". Sciencemag.org. 2006-12-15. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  12. ↑ "Quantum Spin Hall Insulator State in HgTe Quantum Wells". Sciencemag.org. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  13. ↑ Qi, X. L.; Hughes, T. L.; Zhang, S. C. (2010). "Erratum: Topological field theory of time-reversal invariant insulators \Phys. Rev. B 78, 195424 (2008)". Physical Review B. 81 (15). Bibcode:2010PhRvB..81o9901Q. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.81.159901.
  14. ↑ "Topological insulators in Bi: 2: Se: 3: , Bi: 2: Te: 3: and Sb: 2: Te: 3: with a single Dirac cone on the surface : Abstract : Nature Physics". Nature.com. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  15. ↑ http://physicstoday.org/resource/1/phtoad/v63/i1/p33_s1
  16. ↑ Qi, X. L.; Zhang, S. C. (2011). "Topological insulators and superconductors". Reviews of Modern Physics. 83 (4): 1057. arXiv:1008.2026Freely accessible. Bibcode:2011RvMP...83.1057Q. doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.83.1057.
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