Yong P Chen
Purdue University
Yong P. Chen is the Karl Lark-Horovitz Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Purdue University and Director of Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute, and Director of NSF IUCRC Center for Quantum Technologies. His group studies both solid state quantum materials and devices based on various 2D and topological materials, and synthetic quantum matters made of cold atoms and molecules. He was a recipient of Masao Horiba Award, NSF CAREER Award, DOD Young Investigator Award, IBM Faculty Award and McCoy Award. He is an elected Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) and currently also serves as a commissioner in International Union for Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), and a member of the Governance Advisory Board (GAB) of Quantum Science Center, a Department of Energy Quantum Information Science Research Center headquartered at Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL).
