Andrew Ng (physicist)

For the British-born American computer scientist and businessman, see Andrew Ng.

Andrew Ng
Born	Andrew Kam-hung Ng
Academic background
Education	University of Hong Kong (BS) University of Western Ontario (MS, PhD)
Thesis	An Investigation Of Anomalous Scattering Of Laser Radiation By A Theta-pinch Plasma (1977)
Doctoral advisor	P. K. John
Academic work
Discipline	Physics
Sub-discipline	Plasma physics
Institutions	University of Alberta University of British Columbia

Andrew Kam-hung Ng is a Canadian physicist who is a professor emeritus in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies.

Education

Ng studied mathematics and physics at the University of Hong Kong and pursued graduate study in plasma physics at the University of Western Ontario, completing his doctoral thesis, An Investigation Of Anomalous Scattering Of Laser Radiation By A Theta-pinch Plasma, in 1977.

Career

Ng was a postdoctoral researcher at University of Alberta prior to joining the University of British Columbia faculty in 1980. He was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 1998, "[f]or original contributions to the understanding of optical probing of shock waves and two-temperature non-equilibrium shock states, and for the use of laser-driven shocks in advancing research on high density matter." Upon retirement from the University of British Columbia, Ng was granted emeritus status.