Prof. Dr. Maw-Kuen Wu

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsExperimental Condensed Matter Physics
Keywordssuperconductivity, high pressure effects, magnetism

Current contact address

CountryRepublic of China (Taiwan)
CityTaipei
InstitutionAcademia Sinica
InstituteInstitute of Physics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Frank SteglichMax-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe, Dresden
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2010

Programme(s)

2009Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Wu is a world renowned physicist for his outstanding research in superconductivity. He made the breakthrough discovery of the first material, which exhibits a superconducting transition above the boiling temperature of liquid nitrogen. He has also made major contributions to the field of the new Fe-based superconductors. During his stay in Germany, he intends to examine in more detail the mechanism responsible for superconductivity in the Fe-chalcogenide system that he has recently discovered.