Prof. Dr. Nian X. Sun

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsPolymeric and Biogenic Materials and Derived Composites,Synthesis and Properties of Functional Materials
KeywordsSensor, Multiferroic, Antenna, Magnetic, Magnetoielectric
Honours and awards

2019: Fellow, IEEE

2019: Humboldt Research Award

2018: First Prize, Create the Future Design Contest, NASA Tech Briefs

2014: W.M. Keck Foundation Award, 1M$

2013: Fellow, the Institute of Engineering and Technology

2012: Fellow, the Institute of Physics.

2012: Søren Buus Outstanding Research Award

2010: Ten Most Outstanding Papers in the Past Decade (2001~2010) in Advanced Functional Materials

2009: NSF CAREER Award

2008: ONR Young Investigator Award

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityBoston
InstitutionNortheastern University
InstituteCollege of Engineering
Homepagewww.northeastern.edu/sunlab

Host during sponsorship

Start of initial sponsorship15/10/2021

Programme(s)

2019Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Sun is well known internationally for his outstanding academic achievements on magnetic and magnetoelectric thin films and their integration into nanosystem devices. He is the inventor of high frequency miniaturized magnetoelectric sensors and antennas that are under intensive active research. During his stay in Germany, he intends to investigate the magnetodynamics of magnetoelectric sensors.