院士簡歷

Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences

Paul Ching-Wu Chu 朱經武
Election Year 1988
Texas Center for Superconductivity
University of Houston Science Center
3369 Cullen Blvd., Room 202
Houston, Texas 77204-5002, U.S.A.
Tel: (713) 743-8222 / Fax: (713) 743-8201

Current Positions

Professor of Physics and T.L.L. Temple Chair of Science, University of Houston
Founding Director & Chief Scientist, Texas Center for Superconductivity
Guest Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
President Emeritus and University Professor Emeritus, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Honorary Chancellor, Taiwan Comprehensive University System
Adjunct Professor of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Education

B.S., National Cheng-Kung University (1962)
M.S., Fordham University (1965)
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (1968)

Professional Experience

Bell Labs: Member of Technical Staff (1968-1970)
Cleveland State University: Asst. Prof. (1970-1973), Assoc. Prof. (1973-1975), Professor (1975-1979)
University of Houston:
Professor (1979—), M.D. Anderson Chair of Physics (1987-1989)
Director, NASA Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center (1986-1988)
Director, Texas Center for Superconductivity (1987-2001)
Director, NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Advanced Oxides and Related Materials (1996-1997)
President, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2001-2009)

Specialties

Applied Physical Sciences, Physics

Awards and Honors

Fellow, American Physical Society (1978)
Leroy Randall Grumman Medal (1987)
Comstock Award (1988)
U.S. National Medal of Science (1988)
Academician, Academia Sinica, R.O.C. (1988)
International Prize for New Materials (1989)
Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1989)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1989)
Texas Instruments Founder's Prize (1990)
Bernd Matthias Materials Prize (1994)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (PRC) (1996)
Freedoms Foundation National Award (2001)
Member, The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (2004)
Russian Academy of Engineering (2005)
Ettore Majorana-Erice-Science for Peace Prize (2008)
Member, Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (2010)
Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Hall of Fame Award (2010)
Fellow, Hong Kong Institution of Science (2011)
Charter Fellow, U.S. National Academy of Inventors (2013)
IEEE Milestone on “High-Temperature Superconductivity, 1987” (2014)
IEEE Council on Superconductivity Max Swerdlow Award for Sustained Service to the Applied Superconductivity Community (2014)
International Leadership Foundation Inspirational Award (2014)
Founding Member, Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong (2015)
OCA Pioneer Award, Asian Pacific American Advocates (2019)
Lifetime Achievement Award, North America National Cheng Kung University Alumni Association (2022)