Chen-Yu Liu

Chen-Yu Liu
Born (1975-06-13) 13 June 1975
Taiwan
CitizenshipTaiwanese
EducationNational Taiwan University (BS)
Princeton University (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsNuclear physics
InstitutionsIndiana University Bloomington University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
ThesisA superthermal ultra-cold neutron source (2002)
Doctoral advisorAlbert Young

Chen-Yu Liu (born 13 June 1975) is a Taiwanese nuclear physicist. She is a professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Education and career

Chen graduated from National Taiwan University with a B.S. in physics in 1997, then earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2002.[1] Her doctoral dissertation, completed under physicist Albert Young, was titled, "A superthermal ultra-cold neutron source".[2]

After receiving her doctorate, Chen completed a three-year postdoctoral research fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory.[1] She began teaching at Indiana University Bloomington in 2005, and was appointed the James H. Rudy Professor of Physics there.[3] She received a Sloan Research Fellowship in 2007,[3] and was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2018, for her research into experimental nuclear physics.[4][5] In 2022, she became a professor of physics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Chen-Yu Liu". The College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  2. ^ Liu, Chen-Yu (June 2002). A superthermal ultra-cold neutron source (PhD Thesis). Princeton University (Proquest).
  3. ^ a b "Chen-Yu Liu". IU Alliance of Distinguished and Titled Professors. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Chen-Yu Liu". Indiana University Bloomington Department of Physics. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  5. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Chen-Yu Liu". University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Physics. Retrieved 2024-04-12.