Maw-Kuen Wu
| Maw-Kuen Wu | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 6, 1949 Yuli Township, Hualien County, Taiwan |
| Nationality | Taiwan |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions |
University of Houston University of Alabama in Huntsville Columbia University National Tsing Hua University National Science Council Academia Sinica National Dong Hwa University |
| Alma mater |
Tamkang University University of Houston |
| Notable awards | (1988) |
Maw-Kuen Wu (吳茂昆; pinyin: Wú Màokūn, born December 6, 1949) is a Taiwanese-American physicist specializing in superconductivity, low-temperature physics, and high-pressure physics. He was a professor of physics at University of Alabama (Huntsville), Columbia University, and National Tsing Hua University, the Director of the Institute of Physics at the Academia Sinica, and is currently the President of the National Dong Hwa University.
Born in Yuli Township, Hualien County, Wu spent his childhood in Taiwan. He completed his Ph.D. degree at the University of Houston in 1981.
Wu worked as a research scientist at his alma mater for 2 years, before being taken on as an assistant professor of physics at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and then subsequently promoted to professor in 1987. Along with Chu Ching-wu, Wu made the historic discovery of superconductivity above 77 K in YBCO in 1987. Wu was then invited to teach at the National Tsing Hua University, and conduct further research in high-temperature superconductivity.
Maw-Kuen Wu served as Chairman of the R.O.C. National Science Council from 2004 to 2006.
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