Lu Ke

Institution
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Country
China

Field
Materials Sciences

Lu is the winner of the 2020 Future Science Prize (Physical Science Prize) for discovering and synthesizing a superior nanotwinned structure and gradient nanostructure.

(Photo: Future Science Prize)

AWARDS
  • Future Science Prize 2020

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