Chen Yu'ao (; born April 1981) is a Chinese physicist and a professor at the

University of Science and Technology of China The University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) is a public university in Hefei, China. It is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and co-funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of Education of the People' ...

(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 t ...

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and quantum simulation. Chen was born in Qidong,

Nantong Nantong is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jiangsu province, China. Located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, near the river mouth. Nantong is a vital river port bordering Yancheng to the north; Taizhou to the west; Suzhou, Wux ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

province in 1981. He was the winner of the Gold Medal and First prize in the experimental competition at the 29th

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in 1998. He graduated from USTC with his bachelor's and master's degrees, and earned his PhD at

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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 academic administrator and quantum physicist. He is a university administrator and professor of physics at the University of Science and Technology of China. Pan is known for his work in the field ...

's team, he won the 2015 State Nature Science First Class Award.

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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 Fellows of the American Physical Society {{China-scientist-stub