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Shoucheng Zhang

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Shoucheng Zhang (Chinese: 张首晟あきら; February 15, 1963 – December 1, 2018) was a Chinese-born American physicist. He was born in Shanghai. He was the JG Jackson and CJ Wood professor of physics at Stanford University. He was a condensed matter theorist known for his work on topological insulators,[1] the quantum Hall effect, the quantum spin Hall effect, spintronics, and high temperature superconductivity.

From 2015 until his death in 2018, Zhang was a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Zhang, who suffered from depression, was found dead at his Stanford, California home on December 1, 2018, aged 55.[2]

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  1. ↑ "Topological quintet bags Europhysics prize". Physics World. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  2. ↑ Han Shengjiang 韩声江こう (2018-12-06). "美国びくに华裔物理ぶつり学がく家か张首晟あきら教きょう授去世よ，终年55岁". The Paper. Retrieved 2018-12-06.

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