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Prof. Wang Jian of Peking University awarded OCPA's Achievement in Asia Award
Mar 15, 2023
Peking University, March 15, 2023: Dr. Wang Jian, Boya Distinguished Professor at the International Center for Quantum Materials of the School of Physics, Peking University, was awarded the Achievement in Asia Award (AAA Robert T. Poe Prize) by the International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers (OCPA) on February 28, 2023. The prestigious award was given to Prof. Wang in recognition of “his seminal work leading to the discoveries of new quantum phase transitions and quantum states in low dimensional superconductors.” Specifically, Prof. 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, a nonpolitical, professional, not-for-profit, and tax-exempt organization, was chartered in the State of New York in June 1990 with the aim of promoting physics and astronomy research in general, and recognizing the achievements of ethnic Chinese physicists and astronomers in particular. Its membership includes many outstanding leaders in the field today, including Nobel Laureates, a Field Medalist, and members of the National Academy. The AAA, which was established in 1993, is an annual award presented to a physicist or astronomer, or a team of physicists/astronomers, of Chinese ethnicity working in Asia, who has (have) made exceptional contributions in physics or astronomy.

Prof. Wang received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 2007. After working as Postdoctoral Associate at Pennsylvania State University (2006-2010), he joined the International Center for Quantum Materials at 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 two in Science, one in Nature, seven in Nature Journals, and two in Science Advances, 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 the Outstanding Achievement Award for Research in Institutes of Higher Education for Young Scientists in 2019. 

A huge felicitation to Prof. Wang Jian for winning the award!

Edited by: Meng Bin
Source: School of Physics, Peking University
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