The Asian Scientist 100
Tie Jun Cui
Institution
Southeast University
Country
China
Field
Materials Sciences
Cui won the 2024 Tan Kah Kee Science Award in information sciences. Cui is known for proposing the concept of information metamaterial in 2017, which can merge the electromagnetic world and the digital world, resulting in the birth of a new metamaterial system.
(Photo: Southeast University)
AWARDS
- 2024 Tan Kah Kee Science Award
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