Chen Yu'ao (; born April 1981) is a Chinese physicist and a professor at the
University of Science and Technology of China
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(USTC), working on
quantum information
Quantum information is the information of the state of a quantum system. It is the basic entity of study in quantum information theory, and can be manipulated using quantum information processing techniques. Quantum information refers to both th ...
,
quantum communication
Quantum information science is an interdisciplinary field that seeks to understand the analysis, processing, and transmission of information using quantum mechanics principles. It combines the study of Information science with quantum mechanics, qu ...
and quantum simulation.
Chen was born in
Qidong,
Nantong
Nantong (; alternate names: Nan-t'ung, Nantung, Tongzhou, or Tungchow; Qihai dialect: ) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jiangsu province of China, province, China. Located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, near the river mouth. ...
,
Jiangsu
Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...
province in 1981. He was the winner of the Gold Medal and First prize in the experimental competition at the 29th
International Physics Olympiad
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Each national delegation is made up of at ...
in 1998. He graduated from USTC with his bachelor's and master's degrees, and earned his PhD at
Heidelberg University
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Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...
in 2008. He won the Fresnel Prize for Fundamental Aspects in 2013. As a member of
Pan Jianwei
Pan Jianwei (; born 11 March 1970) is a Chinese quantum physicist, university administrator and professor of physics at the University of Science and Technology of China. Pan is known for his work in the field of quantum entanglement, quantum inf ...
's team, he won the 2015 State Nature Science First Class Award.
References
External links
CHEN Yuao, Professor(Quantum Physics and Quantum Information) / Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, USTC
Living people
1981 births
Physicists from Jiangsu
Academic staff of the University of Science and Technology of China
University of Science and Technology of China alumni
People from Qidong, Jiangsu
Educators from Nantong
Scientists from Nantong
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