Xiao-Gang Wen
Xiao-Gang Wen (simplified Chinese: 文小刚; traditional Chinese: 文小剛; pinyin: Wén Xiǎogāng; born November 26, 1961) is a Chinese-American physicist. He is a Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Distinguished Visiting Research Chair at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. His expertise is in condensed matter theory in strongly correlated electronic systems. In Oct. 2016, he was awarded the Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.
Xiao-Gang Wen | |
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| Born | 26 November 1961 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Science and Technology of China Princeton University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara Institute for Advanced Study |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward Witten |
He is the author of a book in advanced quantum many-body theory entitled Quantum Field Theory of Many-body Systems: From the Origin of Sound to an Origin of Light and Electrons (Oxford University Press, 2004).