Professor Steven Chu朱棣文教授
William.
R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Physics
Professor
of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Stanford
University, USA
Short Biography
Steven Chu
is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Physics and Professor of Molecular
& Cellular Physiology, School of Medicine at Stanford University. He has
published 260 papers in atomic and polymer physics, laser spectroscopy,
biophysics, biology, biomedicine, batteries, and holds 11 patents.
Professor Chu was the 12th U.S. Secretary of
Energy (January 2009 through April 2013), the longest serving Energy
Secretary. As the first scientist
to hold a Cabinet position he recruited outstanding scientists and engineers
into the Department of Energy. He began several initiatives including ARPA-E
(Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy), the Energy Innovation Hubs, the
U.S.–China Clean Energy Research Centers (CERC), and was tasked by President Obama to assist
BP in stopping the Deepwater Horizon oil leak. Prior to his cabinet post, he was director
of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Professor of Physics and
Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley. Previously he was twice Chair of
Physics and helped launch Bio-X at Stanford University, and headed the Quantum
Electronics Research Department at AT&T Bell Laboratories.
Professor
Chu has numerous awards including the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics for his
contributions to laser cooling and atom trapping. He holds 30 honorary degrees,
including the degree of Doctor of Science from The Chinese University of Hong
Kong in 1998, and is a member of the National
Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences, the Academia Sinica, and is a foreign member of the Royal
Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and
the Korean Academy of Sciences and Technology.
Distinguished
Visiting Scholar Lectures (in
English)
A Random Walk in Science
Tuesday, 18 October 2016, 4:30 pm, Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Science
Museum
(For
invited secondary school students only)- FULL HOUSE
Live Broadcast Video Links:
Standard resolution video link
Abstract
Science does not always advance with a clear vision.
Scientific trajectories, and more generally the path of a person’s life, seldom
follow predictable pathways. I will talk about the many turns my career
beginning with my graduate student days at the University of California,
Berkeley, and then my time at Bell Labs and Stanford as I journeyed from
testing fundamental theories of physics to laser cooling and trapping of atoms
to experiments in polymer physics and biology with individual molecules. My
time as director of LBNL and Secretary of Energy will be discussed in the
context of my growing concern of the climate change. I conclude with my current
work in nano-materials for applications in biology,
biomedicine and batteries.
More information about Professor Steven Chu’s personal life journey at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/uc/dvs/2016-17/StevenChu-LifeJourney.htm
Energy, Climate Change and a Low
Cost Path Forward
Thursday, 20
October 2016,
4:30 pm, Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, CUHK
Online registration by 14 October 2016: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=2051894
Abstract
Science and technology such as the
industrial and agricultural revolutions have profoundly transformed the world.
I will briefly describe recent consequences related to our use of fossil fuels,
and the rapidly changing energy landscape before turning to how energy
efficiency and clean energy sources are becoming the low cost option to
our energy needs.
Enquiries
Telephone: Ms Carol Chow 3943 9266
Ms Amy Yeung 3943 7455
Email: ucdvs@cuhk.edu.hk