Zhi-Xun Shen
Dr. Shen is the Paul Pigott Professor in Physical Sciences, a professor of Physics and Applied Physics Departments, a senior fellow of the Precourt Institute for Energy, and a member of the faculty advisory board for the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program and a member of the steering committee of the Stanford Science Fellow Program at Stanford University. He is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is an expert on quantum phenomena in materials, and a recipient of E.O. Lawrence Award of the Department of Energy, the Oliver E. Buckley Prize of the American Physical Society, and the Kamerlingh Onnes International Prize on Superconductivity. He served as the Chief Scientist of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the Director of the Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, and the Director of the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences. He mentored about 100 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, and co-founded companies.
Areas of Interest and Research
Dr. Shen's main research interest lies in the area of condensed matter and materials physics, as well as the applications of materials and devices. He develops photon based innovative instrumentation and advanced experimental techniques, ranging from angle-resolved photoemission to microwave imaging, soft x-ray scattering and time domain spectroscopy and scattering. He has created a body of literature that advanced our understanding of quantum materials, including superconductors, semiconductors, novel magnets, topological insulators, novel carbon and electron emitters. He is best known for his discoveries of the momentum structure of anisotropic d-wave pairing gap and anomalous normal state pseudogap in high temperature superconductors. He has further leveraged the advanced characterization tool to make better materials through thin film and interface engineering.
