Prof. Jian Wang of Peking University was awarded “AAA Robert T. Poe Prize”
On Feb. 28, 2023, the International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers (OCPA) awarded Achievement in Asia Award (AAA Robert T. Poe Prize) to Dr. Jian Wang, Boya Distinguished Professor, International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, China for “his seminal work leading to the discoveries of new quantum phase transitions and quantum states in low dimensional superconductors.” To be specific, Dr. Wang experimentally found quantum Griffiths singularity, bosonic anomalous (quantum) metal state and topological zero energy bound states in two dimensional crystalline superconductors.
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The OCPA is a nonpolitical, professional, not-for-profit, tax exempt organization chartered in the State of New York in June 1990. The chartered goals of the organization are to promote physics and astronomy research in general and to promote recognition of achievements by ethnic Chinese physicists and astronomers in particular. The OCPA membership includes Nobel Laureates, a Field Medalist, members of the National Academy as well as many outstanding leaders of physics/astronomy research today. The AAA, established in 1993, is presented annually to a physicist/astronomer (or a team of Physicists/astronomers) of Chinese ethnicity working in Asia who has (have) made outstanding contributions in physics or astronomy.
Dr. Wang received his PhD from Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 2007. After working as Postdoctoral Associate in Pennsylvania State University (2006-2010), he joined International Center for Quantum Materials, Peking University as a tenure-track associate professor, and was promoted to a full professor in 2017. Wang’s research field is condensed matter physics. He has experimentally discovered a series of emergent quantum phase transitions and quantum states in both low dimensional superconductors and topological materials, including quantum Griffiths singularity, bosonic anomalous (quantum) metal state and topological zero energy bound states in two dimensional superconductors, as well as log-periodic quantum oscillations, high Chern number and high temperature Chern insulator states in topological materials. Wang has published over 120 peer-reviewed papers, including 2 in Science, 1 in Nature, 8 in Nature Journals, 2 in Science Advances, 2 in PNAS, 8 in Physical Review X and Physical Review Letters, which have been highly recognized in academic communities. Among them, 5 corresponding author works are highlighted by the perspective papers and editors’ choice in Science. His selected awards include Changjiang Distinguished Professor, Ministry of Education of China in 2016, Sir Martin Wood China Prize in 2015, and Outstanding Achievement Award for Research in Institutes of Higher Education for Young Scientists in 2019.