Professor Xiongjun Liu was Awarded “AAA Robert T. Poe Prize”
On February 28th, 2024, the International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers (OCPA) awarded Achievement in Asia Award (AAA Robert T. Poe Prize) to Dr. Xiongjun Liu, Boya Distinguished Professor, International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, China for “his fundamental breakthrough in the quantum simulation of synthetic gauge fields and topological phases with ultracold atoms, and discovery of symmetry-protected non-Abelian statistics of Majorana modes.”. To be specific, Dr. Liu is a pioneer in quantum simulation of synthetic gauge fields and topological phases in ultracold atoms, proposed the first model for atomic spin Hall effect, pioneered the synthesis of two-dimensional Dirac-type and three-dimensional Weyl-type spin-orbit couplings, and realized the fundamental models for quantum anomalous Hall phase and Weyl semimetals in optical lattices. He proved that Majorana zero modes in time-reversal symmetric topological superconductors obey non-Abelian statistics and further introduced the concept of symmetry-protected non-Abelian statistics. (Link： https://ocpaweb.org/home/page/2024-aaa-awardee-xiongjun-liu ）
