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The native form of this personal name is Zhang Shoucheng. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Shoucheng Zhang
Born(1963-02-15)February 15, 1963
Shanghai, China
DiedDecember 1, 2018(2018-12-01) (aged 55)
San Francisco, California, US
NationalityAmerican
Alma materFudan University
Freie Universität Berlin
Stony Brook University (PhD)
Known forQuantum spin Hall effect
Topological insulators
Field theory of quantum Hall effect
SO(5) theory of high temperature superconductivity
AwardsEurophysics Prize (2010)
Oliver Buckley Prize (2012)
Dirac Medal of the ICTP (2012)
Physics Frontiers Prize in Fundamental Physics (2013)
Franklin Medal (2015)
NAS (2015)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsStanford University
Fudan University
Doctoral advisorPeter van Nieuwenhuizen

Shoucheng Zhang (Chinese: 张首晟; February 15, 1963 – December 1, 2018) was a Chinese-American physicist who was the JG Jackson and CJ Wood professor of physics at Stanford University. He was a condensed matter theorist known for his work on topological insulators,[1] the quantum Hall effect, the quantum spin Hall effect, spintronics, and high temperature superconductivity.

Biography

Zhang was born in Shanghai, China in 1963. He was accepted by Fudan University in 1978 at the age of 15, and went abroad in 1980 to study at the Free University of Berlin in West Berlin, where he received his B.S. degree in 1983. He then pursued his graduate studies at Stony Brook University (then referred to as State University of New York, Stony Brook) and earned his Ph.D. in 1987. At Stony Brook he studied under the Nobel laureate Chen-Ning Yang.[2]

Zhang was a postdoctoral Fellow at ITP in Santa Barbara from 1987 to 1989. He then joined IBM Almaden Research Center as a Research Staff Member from 1989 to 1993. Thereafter, he joined Stanford University as Assistant Professor of Physics. Beginning in 2004, he concurrently held (by courtesy appointment) titles of Professor Applied Physics and Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. In 2010, he was named the J. G. Jackson and C. J. Wood Professor in Physics.[3]

In 2009, Zhang was chosen to be a part of an expert panel for the Thousand Talents Program. In 2013, Zhang created Danhua Capital, a venture capital firm, which raised $434.5 million across two funds.[4] He also served as an independent non-executive director at Lenovo Group and at Meitu.[5]

Zhang died on December 1, 2018, at the age of 55. He reportedly suffered from depression.[2]

Honors and awards

Zhang was 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[6] and the Benjamin Franklin Medal in 2015. He was identified as one of the top candidates for the Nobel Prize by Thomson Reuters in 2014.[7] He was elected as a member of the US National Academy of Sciences in 2015.

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ "Topological quintet bags Europhysics prize". Physics World. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  2. ^ a b Han Shengjiang 韩声江 (2018-12-06). "美国华裔物理学家张首晟教授去世，终年55岁". The Paper. Retrieved 2018-12-06. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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  4. ^ Yang, Yingzhi; Huang, Zheping (6 December 2018). "Zhang Shoucheng, Stanford physicist and tech venture capitalist dies after 'battle with depression'". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Renowned Stanford Physicist Shoucheng Zhang Dies at 55 - Caixin Global". www.caixinglobal.com. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
  6. ^ "Meet The Scientists Who Could Win This Year's Physics Nobel Prize". Business Insider. 2014-09-25.
  7. ^ "Thomson Reuters Predicts 2014 Nobel Laureates, Researchers Forecast for Nobel Recognition". Thomson Reuters. 2014-09-20. Archived from the original on 2014-09-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Eight Stanford scholars named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences". News.stanford.edu. 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  9. ^ "Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize". Aps.org. 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  10. ^ "Dirac Medal and Prize". Aps.org. 2012-08-08. Archived from the original on 2016-12-15. Retrieved 2012-08-24. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "Physics Frontier Prize". physics.stanford.edu.
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  13. ^ "Benjamin Franklin Medal". news.stanford.edu. 2014-11-03.
  14. ^ "Nine Stanford faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences". news.stanford.edu. 2015-04-30.
  15. ^ "Quantum Spin Hall Effect and Topological Phase Transition in HgTe Quantum Wells". Sciencemag.org. 2006-12-15. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  16. ^ "Quantum Spin Hall Insulator State in HgTe Quantum Wells". Sciencemag.org. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "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 Physics. 5. Nature.com: 438–442. Bibcode:2009NatPh...5..438Z. doi:10.1038/nphys1270. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  19. ^ Qi, X. L.; Zhang, S. C. (2011). "Topological insulators and superconductors". Reviews of Modern Physics. 83 (4): 1057. arXiv:1008.2026. Bibcode:2011RvMP...83.1057Q. doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.83.1057.
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