Xi Yin

The native form of this personal name is Yin Xi. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Xi Yin
尹希
BornDecember 1983 (age 40–41)[citation needed]
Zhuzhou, Hunan, China
Alma materHarvard University
University of Science and Technology of China
Known forHigher-spin theory
AwardsNew Horizons in Physics Prize
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical Physics
InstitutionsHarvard University

Xi Yin (Chinese: 尹希; pinyin: Yǐn Xī; born December 1983 [citation needed]) is a Chinese-American theoretical physicist.

Biography

Yin was accepted to University of Science and Technology of China in 1996, at the age of 12, and completed the (then) 5-year bachelor program in 2001.[citation needed] He gained a PhD at Harvard University in 2006, under the supervision of Andrew Strominger. He was a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, and a Visiting Member at the Institute for Advanced Study. He joined the Harvard faculty in 2008, and is now a Professor of Physics.[1][2]

Yin is a recipient of NSF CAREER Award, Sloan Research Fellowship, and New Horizons in Physics Prize.[3] He is a Simons Investigator, and a principal investigator of the Simons Bootstrap Collaboration.[4]

Yin ran the Boston marathon three times, and completed the Leadville Trail 100 Run in 2011.[5]

References

  1. ^ "对话哈佛华人教授尹希：生活快乐是最重要的—新闻—科学网". News.sciencenet.cn. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  2. ^ "Faculty: XI YIN | Harvard University Department of Physics". www.physics.harvard.edu. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "Breakthrough Prize – Fundamental Physics : Laureates – Xi Yin". Breakthroughprize.org. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  4. ^ "Simons Collaboration on the Nonperturbative Bootstrap". bootstrapcollaboration.com. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  5. ^ Bailey, Aaron. "2011 Leadville Trail 100 Run Gender Results". Leadville Race Series. Retrieved May 15, 2019.

Official website

Personal website