Jaw-Shen Tsai

Jaw-Shen Tsai

Jaw-Shen Tsai (Chinese: 蔡兆申 Tsai Jaw-Shen, born February 8, 1952, in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese physicist. He is a professor at the Tokyo University of Science[1] and a team leader of the Superconducting Quantum Simulation Research Team at the Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) within RIKEN.[2] He has contributed to the area of condensed matter physics in both its fundamental physical aspects and its technological applications. He has recently been working on experiments connected to quantum coherence in Josephson systems. In February 2014, he retired from NEC Corporation, after 31 years of employment. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society as well as the Japan Society of Applied Physics.[3][4]

Education and Work

Jaw-Shen Tsai obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics (1975) at University of California at Berkeley and a Ph.D. (1983) at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.[1]

He has held the following positions:[1][5]

  • 1983 Research Scientist, Microelectronics Research Laboratories, NEC
  • 2001 Fellow, Nano Electronics Research Laboratories, NEC
  • 2001 Team Leader, Macroscopic Quantum Coherence Team, RIKEN
  • 2012 Group Director, Single Quantum Dynamics Research Group, RIKEN
  • 2013 Team Leader, Macroscopic Quantum Coherence Research Team, Quantum Information Electronics Division, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science
  • 2014 Team Leader, Superconducting Quantum Simulation Research Team, Quantum Information Electronics Division, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (-present)
  • 2015 Professor, Tokyo University of Science (-present)

Honors and awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Tokyo University of Science". Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  2. ^ "Superconducting Quantum Simulation Research Team, RIKEN". Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  3. ^ a b Kenrick, Vivienne (2002-02-23). "Japan Times, 2002". The Japan Times Online. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  4. ^ a b "4th JSAP Fellow". 2010. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  5. ^ a b "Simon Memorial Prize: Past Winners". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  6. ^ "Nishina Memorial Prize". Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  7. ^ Tsai, J. S. (2010). "Toward a superconducting quantum computer". Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B. 86 (4): 275–292. Bibcode:2010PJAB...86..275T. doi:10.2183/pjab.86.275. PMC 3417795. PMID 20431256.
  8. ^ "Past Leo Esaki Prize Winners". Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  9. ^ "平成３０年春の叙勲等 : 日本の勲章・褒章 : 日本の勲章・褒章 - 内閣府".
  10. ^ "The Asahi Prize". Retrieved 2021-10-03.