Prof. Dr. Cheng Chin

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsAtomic Physics, Molecular Physics, Laser Physics
KeywordsUltracold atoms and molecules, Laser cooling and trapping, Quantum chemistry, Quantum information, Quantum simulation
Honours and awards

2024: Academician, Academic Sinica

2021: Marian and Stuart Rice Research Award

2017: Bose-Einstein Condensation Award

2014: Distinguished Alumni Award, Physics Department, National Taiwan University

2014: Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher

2013: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow

2011: I. I. Rabi Prize, American Physics Society

2009: Materials Computation Center Travel Award

2008: IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

2008: National Science Foundation CAREER award

2006: Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow

2006: Outstanding Young Researcher Award, Overseas Chinese Physics Association

2006: The David and Lucile Packard Fellow

2003: Lise-Meitner Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Austrian Science Fund

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityChicago
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
InstituteDepartment of Physics
Homepageultracold.uchicago.edu

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Johannes Hecker DenschlagInstitut für Quantenmaterie, Universität Ulm, Ulm
Prof. Dr. Immanuel BlochFakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2014

Programme(s)

2013Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers