Physicist Xue Qikun has become the first Chinese scientist to receive the U.S.’ prestigious Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize since its inception 70 years ago. The prestigious award: Xue and Harvard University’s Ashvin Vishwanath was jointly awarded a $20,000 cash prize on Tuesday for their groundbreaking work in the field of topological insulators. Xue, who is a professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, has been at the forefront of topological insulator research for over a decade and has previously received numerous accolades for his work.
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