Paul C. W. Chu

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Paul C. W. Chu is a Chinese-American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in high-temperature superconductivity.

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instanceOf Chinese-American scientist
academic
physicist
university professor
academicDegree B.S. in Physics
M.S. in Physics
Ph.D. in Physics
awardReceived American Physical Society Buckley Prize
Bernd T. Matthias Prize
Comstock Prize in Physics
International Prize for New Materials
John Fritz Medal
National Medal of Science
Texas Instruments Founders’ Prize
birthDate 1941-12-02
birthPlace Changsha, Hunan, China
linked to: Changsha
citizenship Republic of China
United States
educatedAt Fordham University
National Cheng Kung University
University of California, San Diego
employer Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
University of Houston
era 20th-century physics
21st-century physics
familyName Chu
fieldOfWork condensed matter physics
superconductivity
gender male
givenName Paul
knownFor cuprate superconductors research
discovery of superconductivity in YBa2Cu3O7−x
high-temperature superconductivity
languageSpoken Cantonese
English
Mandarin Chinese
memberOf Academia Sinica
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
The World Academy of Sciences
U.S. National Academy of Sciences
name Paul Ching-Wu Chu
nativeName 朱經武
notableStudent Ching-Wu "Paul" Chu’s research group alumni in superconductivity
notableWork Discovery of superconductivity above the boiling point of liquid nitrogen in YBa2Cu3O7−x
positionHeld Director of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston
Founding President of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
T. L. L. Temple Chair of Science at the University of Houston
residence Houston, Texas, United States

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Shaw Prize in Astronomy hasLaureate Paul C. W. Chu