Gary Shiu

Gary Shiu
EducationPh.D
Alma materCornell University, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Scientific career
FieldsString theory, particle physics, high energy physics and cosmology
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study, University of Pennsylvania, C. N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics
Doctoral advisorHenry Tye
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese蕭文禮
Simplified Chinese萧文礼
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiāo Wénlǐ
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSiu1 Man4lai5
Websiteshiu.physics.wisc.edu

Gary Shiu (Chinese: 蕭文禮) is a Chinese-American theoretical physicist who is a professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research spans cosmology, particle physics, and string theory. He has made significant contributions to both fundamental and phenomenological aspects of string theory. He is well known for his work in constructing models of particle physics and cosmology from string theory, and in elucidating experimental and observational consequences of fundamental physics. He brought string theory research to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was involved in the founding of the Theoretical and Computational Cosmology Group and the AI ∩ Universe Initiative.[1]

Education

Gary Shiu received his primary and secondary school education at St Joseph's College. He received a bachelor's of science in physics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1993[2] and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1998 under advisor Henry Tye.[3][4]

Career

He conducted postdoctoral research work at C. N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics and subsequently at the University of Pennsylvania before joining the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. He was a senior fellow at the Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study[5][6] and the founding director of the Center for Fundamental Physics and concurrently chair professor of physics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong.[7][8]

He has held visiting professorships at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stanford University,[9] University of Amsterdam, and the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe.[10][11] Shiu has given numerous lectures worldwide, both at a technical level and for the general public, including BEL Lectures,[12] Steve Goldman Lectures in Mathematical Physics, Nico van Kampen Colloquium, Johannes Diderik van der Waals Lectures, Zi-Ping Distinguished Lectures in Theoretical Physics, Colloquium Ehrenfestii, and Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium,[13] among others.[14] He was an invited speaker of the inaugural International Congress of Basic Science in 2023.[15]

Awards

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ "Bio". Physics Department. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. ^ "威斯康辛大學蕭文禮教授心繫香港科研發展: 帶領學生參與國際頂級研究" (PDF) (in Chinese). Chinese University of Hong Kong. September 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Cornell Particle Theory Graduate Students". Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education. Cornell University. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Oral History: Henry Tye". American Institute of Physics. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Scientific Programs". Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Organizers". Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  7. ^ Gary Shiu (14 October 2013). "Physicist recalls witnessing Higgs particle's discovery at CERN". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  8. ^ "What is the Higgs Boson?". Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Prof. Gary SHIU: 蕭文禮教授". Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  10. ^ "People (long directory)". Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  11. ^ "People (Gary Shiu)". Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Distinguished Scientific Visitors". The Brout Englert Lemaître Center at the Tournay-Solvay Castle. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  13. ^ "18th Annual U.S. Symposium". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Invited Talks". Physics Department. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  15. ^ "Confirmed Speakers List". First International Congress of Basic Science. 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  16. ^ "Ninety-First Annual Report" (PDF). Research Corporation for Science Advancement. 2003. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  17. ^ "The Wisconsin Physicist" (PDF). Physics Department. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Two from UW receive Cottrell Scholars awards". University of Wisconsin-Madison. 9 June 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  19. ^ "Kavli Frontiers of Science Alumni". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  20. ^ "Gary Shiu". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  21. ^ "Faculty Achivements & Honors". College of Letters & Science. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  22. ^ "Past Member: Gary Shiu". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  23. ^ "Two Alumni Elected Fellows". Chinese University of Hong Kong. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  24. ^ "Professor Gary Shiu appointed to Van der Waals chair". Institute of Physics. University of Amsterdam. 23 April 2012. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  25. ^ "String Theory and Cosmology". Center for Condensed Matter Sciences. National Taiwan University. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  26. ^ "Fellow (FInstP)". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  27. ^ "Physics Colloquium" (PDF). College of Arts and Sciences. Lehigh University. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  28. ^ "Kellett awards honor mid-career faculty". University of Wisconsin-Madison. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2023.