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Published as AuthorZhi-Xun Shen
Dates
unknown – present
Authorized Form of Name
Shen, Zhi-Xun
Additional Forms of Names
Shen, ZX
Biography
Abstract
Zhi-Xun Shen is Chief Scientist at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) (2010-present). Other institutional affiliations include Stanford University. His research interests include condensed matter and materials physics.
Important Dates
1983Obtained BS, Fudan University (Fu dan da xue), Shanghai (China).
1985Obtained MS, Rutgers University, New Brunswick (N.J.).
1989Obtained PhD in Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1989 – presentResearch Associate (1989-1990); Acting Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering (1991-1992); Assistant Professor of Applied Physics and Photon Science (1991-1996); Associate Professor of Applied Physics and Photon Science (1996-2000); Professor of Applied Physics and Photon Science (2000-present); Director, Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials (2005-2008); and Paul Pigott Professor in Physical Sciences (2006-present), Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1991 – presentAssistant Professor of Applied Physics and Photon Science (1991-1996); Associate Professor of Applied Physics and Photon Science (1996-2000); Professor of Applied Physics and Photon Science (2000-present); Director, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (2006-present); and Chief Scientist (2010-present), Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Stanford (Calif.).
2002Fellow, American Physical Society.
2011Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Condensed matter physicist.
Places
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
PhD advisor at Stanford University, "Photoemission studies of high temperature superconductors and related materials," and both employed at Stanford University.
Colleagues
Arnold, R. G. (Raymond George), 1942-
Both employed at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Byer, R. L. (Robert L.), 1942-
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Drell, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1926-
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at Stanford University.
Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. (Wolfgang Kurt Hermann), 1919-2007
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) and Stanford University.
Taylor, Richard Edward, 1929-2018
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Institutions
Major Positions
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Professor of Applied Physics and Photo Science and Chief Scientist.
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Assistant Professor of Applied Physics and Photo Science; Associate Professor of Applied Physics and Photon Science; Professor of Applied Physics and Photon Science; and Director, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences.
Stanford University. Department of Applied Physics
Obtained PhD (1989). Assistant Professor of Applied Physics and Photo Science; Associate Professor of Applied Physics and Photon Science; and Professor of Applied Physics and Photon Science.
Stanford University. Department of Electrical Engineering
Research Associate and Acting Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering.
Stanford University. Department of Physics
Paul Pigott Professor of Physical Sciences.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Fellow and received 2011 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.
Fu dan da xue (Shanghai, China)
Obtained BS (1983).
Rutgers University. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Obtained MS (1985).
Stanford University. Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials
Director.