15 Facts About Shoucheng Zhang

Shoucheng Zhang was a Chinese-American physicist who was the JG Jackson and CJ Wood professor of physics at Stanford University.

Shoucheng Zhang was a condensed matter theorist known for his work on topological insulators, the quantum Hall effect, the quantum spin Hall effect, spintronics, and high-temperature superconductivity.

Shoucheng Zhang discovered a new state of matter called topological insulator in which electrons can conduct along the edge without dissipation, enabling a new generation of electronic devices with much lower power consumption.

Shoucheng Zhang then pursued his graduate studies at Stony Brook University.

Shoucheng Zhang then joined IBM Almaden Research Center as a Research Staff Member from 1989 to 1993.

In 2007, the "quantum spin Hall effect" discovered by Shoucheng Zhang was named one of the "Top Ten Important Scientific Breakthroughs in the World" by Science Magazine.

In 2009, Shoucheng Zhang was chosen to be a part of an expert panel for the Thousand Talents Program.

In 2013, Shoucheng Zhang created Danhua Capital, a venture capital firm, which raised $434.5 million across two funds.

Shoucheng Zhang served as an independent non-executive director at Lenovo Group and at Meitu.

Shoucheng Zhang died in San Francisco on December 1,2018, at the age of 55, in an apparent suicide.

Shoucheng Zhang was one of the founders of the field of topological insulators.

Shoucheng Zhang made one of the first theoretical proposals of the quantum spin Hall effect.

Shoucheng Zhang proposed an influential theory of high-temperature superconductivity based on an extended symmetry principle.

Shoucheng Zhang was a fellow of the American Physical Society and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Shoucheng Zhang was elected as a member of the US National Academy of Sciences in 2015.