The Asian Scientist 100
Zhao Zhongxian
Institution
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Country
China
Field
Materials Sciences
A physicist with over four decades of experience with superconductors, Zhao was presented the Preeminent Science and Technology Award by President Xi Jinping at a ceremony in 2017. Zhao, the director of the National Laboratory for Superconductivity, is known for his research on low temperature physics, where matter starts to display quantum properties such as the quantum Hall effect, as well as for his research on high temperature superconductors.
AWARDS
- 2017 Preeminent Science and Technology Award
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