Chen Xianhui (; born March 8, 1963) is a Chinese physicist. He is a Changjiang professor of physics of the

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(USTC). He was elected an academician of the

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(CAS) in 2015 and is known for his breakthroughs on iron-based superconductors. He won the

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(First Class) with

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and others in 2013 and the Bernd T. Matthias Prize for Superconducting Materials in 2015. His research is mainly on experimental

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and materials science. In 2016, he became a laureate of the

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by the ''

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''.

Recognition

# 2009: "Changjiang Scholars Achievement Award" from Ministry of Education”. # 2009: “Outstanding Science & Technology Team Achievement Award” from Hong Kong Qiu Shi Science and Technologies Foundation. # 2009: “Ye Qisun Physics Prize” from Chinese Physical Society (2008–2009) . # 2013: “First prize of The National Natural Science Award”. # 2015: “ Bernd T. Matthias Prize for Superconducting Materials”.

References

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