Maw-Kuen Wu
Maw-Kuen Wu | |
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吳茂昆 | |
Yu Shyi-kun Frank Hsieh | |
Preceded by | Wei Che-ho |
Succeeded by | Chen Chien-jen |
Personal details | |
Born | Yuli Township, Hualien County, Taiwan | 6 December 1949
Nationality | Taiwan |
Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
Alma mater | |
Maw-Kuen Wu (Chinese: 吳茂昆; pinyin: Wú Màokūn; born December 6, 1949) is a Taiwanese physicist specializing in superconductivity, low-temperature physics, and high-pressure physics. He was a professor of physics at University of Alabama in Huntsville, Columbia University, and National Tsing Hua University, the Director of the Institute of Physics at Academia Sinica, the president of the National Dong Hwa University, and is currently a distinguished research fellow of the Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, and international member of National Academy of Sciences.
Life and career
Born in Yuli Township, Hualien County, Wu is an ethnic Hokkien on his paternal side and spent his childhood in Taiwan. He completed his Ph.D. degree at the University of Houston in 1981.
Wu worked as a research scientist at his alma mater for two years, before being taken on as an
Maw-Kuen Wu first entered the cabinet; served as
Personal life
Maw-Kuen Wu and his wife have two children.
Academic Honors
- 1988 USA Chinese Association of Engineering Annual Award
- 1988 State of AlabamaResolution
- 1988 University of Alabama Research Award
- 1988 U.S.A. National Academy of Sciences Comstock Prize
- 1989 Tamkang Golden Eagle Award
- 1994 Fellow, Chinese Physical Society
- 1994 Bernd T. Matthias Prize
- 1995 Y. T. Lee Outstanding Scientist Award
- 1998 NASA Special Awards
- 1998 Member, Academia Sinica[9]
- 2007 Ettore Majorana-Erice-Science for Peace Prize
- 2009 Taiwanese-American Foundation (TAF) Award
- 2010-03 Germany Humboldt Research Award
References
- PMID 10035069.
- New York Times. 1987-08-16.
- New York Times. 1988-09-20.
- ^ "Method for making superconductor films". 1991-12-13.
- ^ "Heating up of Superconductors". Physical Review Letters. 2017.
- ^ "Education minister's resignation approved: Cabinet spokesman". Central News Agency. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Taiwan Cabinet confirms approval of new education minister's resignation". Taiwan News. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ Tu, Aaron; Chien, Huei-ru (4 July 2018). "Control Yuan impeaches Wu Maw-kuen". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ "Maw-Kuen Wu". Academia Sinica. Retrieved 10 September 2023.