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On March 28, the 19th National Nuclear Physics Conference and the 15th Members' Representative Conference, the largest and most prestigious comprehensive academic gathering in China’s nuclear physics community, opened in Ruichang, in Jiangxi province. The conference brought together over 600 distinguished experts and scholars to discuss frontier advances and future directions in nuclear physics.
At the opening ceremony, the 9th Hu Jimin Education and Science Award was presented. Established in 1999 by Peking University’s Hu Jimin Foundation and the Chinese Nuclear Physics Society, the award commemorates Mr. Hu Jimin, a renowned nuclear physicist and educator, and pays tribute to Hu’s outstanding contributions to China’s nuclear physics, nuclear fusion science and education. It’s designed to inspire young educators, researchers and graduate students with notable accomplishments in nuclear physics and nuclear fusion. First awarded in 2000, the prize is conferred every three years in conjunction with the National Nuclear Physics Conference. This year, the award was presented to six young researchers and one graduate student, including Yang Shuai, a researcher at the Institute of Quantum Matter of South China Normal University.
A group photo of winners of the 9th Hu Jimin Education and Science Award.
Yang Shuai earned his Ph.D. from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2016. He subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Rice University in the US. In 2021, he joined SCNU’s Institute of Quantum Matter and was selected for the China’s High-Level Young Talent Program. Working through the RHIC-STAR and LHC-CMS international collaborations, he has long been engaged in experimental research on relativistic heavy-ion collisions, focusing on frontier areas such as photoproduction processes and the properties of quark-gluon plasma.
A photo of Yang Shuai.
Yang Shuai received the Hu Jimin Education and Science Award in recognition of his outstanding work in experimental nuclear physics. This honor not only affirms his research achievements but also highlights the academic influence and talent development effectiveness of the Institute of Quantum Matter in the field of nuclear physics. This achievement benefits from the institute’s reliance on research platforms including State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology and its deep engagement with cutting-edge interdisciplinary research in nuclear physics. It is of great significance for the institute to attract high-level talents, deepen international collaboration, and promote high-quality disciplinary development.
Source from Institute of Quantum Matter
Translated by Yu Kaixi, Tang Ying
Proofread by Edwin Baak
Edited by Li Ning
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