Paul Ching Wu Chu | |||||||||||
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朱經武 | |||||||||||
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| 2nd President of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | |||||||||||
| In office 2001–2009 | |||||||||||
| Chancellor | Tung Chee-hwa Donald Tsang | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Woo Chia-wei | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Tony F. Chan | ||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||
| Born | December 2, 1941 Changsha, Hunan, China | ||||||||||
| Citizenship | Republic of China United States | ||||||||||
| Nationality | Republic of China United States | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | National Cheng Kung University (BS) Fordham University (MS) University of California San Diego (PhD) | ||||||||||
| Awards | Comstock Prize in Physics (1988) National Medal of Science (1988) Bernd T. Matthias Prize (1994) John Fritz Medal (2001) | ||||||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||||||
| Fields | Physics | ||||||||||
| Institutions | Bell Laboratories Cleveland State University University of Houston HKUST (2001–2009) Taiwan Comprehensive University System (2012-) | ||||||||||
| Thesis | High pressure study on the superconductivity of transition metals and alloys (1968) | ||||||||||
| Doctoral advisor | Bernd T. Matthias | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 朱經武 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 朱经武 | ||||||||||
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Paul Ching Wu Chu (Chinese: 朱經武; born December 2, 1941) is a Chinese-American physicist specializing in superconductivity, magnetism, and dielectrics. He is a professor of physics and T.L.L. Temple Chair of Science in the Physics Department at the University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. He was the president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 2001 to 2009. In 1987, he was one of the first scientists to demonstrate high-temperature superconductivity.