Updated 2020-03-16: Dear friends, colleagues, and all OCPA members: Greetings! The WHO recently announced a pandemic outbreak of COVID-19. Due to the rapid spreading of COVID-19 all over the world, the OCPA and the local organization committee in Taiwan, after careful consideration and evaluation, have decided to cancel the OCPA10 meeting from June 28 to July […]
2019 OCPA award selection report
Achievement in Asia Award (Robert T. Poe Prize) Professor Jing Shu (Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academic of Sciences) is the winner of the 2019 OCPA Achievement in Asia Award (Robert T. Poe Prize). The OCPA Achievement in Asia Award (Robert T. Poe Prize) is awarded annually to a Chinese physicist/astronomer or a team working […]
OCPA Announcement 2020-1
Dear OCPA members, I hope that all of you have started a wonderful new year of 2020. On behalf of the OCPA past President Dr. Nu Xu and President Dr. Dongping Zhong, I would like to make the following announcement on the recent and near future activities of OCPA. 1. New OCPA Executive Council Nu […]
2019 OCPA Awards Nominations
Achievement in Asia Award (Robert T. Poe Prize) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers (OCPA) welcomes nominations for the 2019 Achievement in Asia Award (AAA) (Robert T. Poe Prize). The AAA is presented annually to a physicist/astronomer (or a team of Physicists/astronomers) of Chinese ethnicity working in Asia who has […]
2018 OCPA award selection report
Achievement in Asia Award (Robert T. Poe Prize) Professor Wen-Hao Chang (Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan) is the winner of the 2018 OCPA Achievement in Asia Award (Robert T. Poe Prize) given by the International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers (OCPA). The OCPA Achievement in Asia Award (Robert T. Poe […]
Forum on International Physics recept...
The Outstanding Young Researcher Award (Macronix Prize) was presented to Prof. Jing Xia at the FIP (Forum on International Physics) reception of the March meeting on 3/5/2019. People in the photo contain 5 current and former OYRA winners. They are, from left to right, Cheng Chin (UChicago, 2006 OYRA), Nai-Chang Yeh (Caltech, 1998 OYRA), Jing […]
2018 Achievement in Asia Award (AAA) ...
The International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers (OCPA) welcomes nominations for the 2018 Achievement in Asia Award (AAA) (Robert T. Poe Prize). The AAA is presented annually to a physicist/astronomer (or a team of Physicists/astronomers) of Chinese ethnicity working in Asia who has (have) made outstanding contributions in physics or astronomy. It carries […]
2018 Outstanding Dissertation Award (...
The International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers (OCPA) welcomes nominations for the 2018 Outstanding Dissertation Award (ODA). The award is given annually to up-to-four Ph.D. recipients in in physics and/or astronomy world-wide of Chinese ethnicity world-wide. Each year the award carries a total cash prize of USD $1000. Each recipient may receive a maximum […]
2018 Outstanding Young Researcher Awa...
The International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers (OCPA) welcomes nominations for the 2018 Outstanding Young Researcher Award, OYRA (Macronix Prize). The OYRA (Macronix Prize) is given annually to one to two physicist(s) and/or astronomer(s) of Chinese ethnicity working in North America, Europe, or other regions outside Asia, to encourage and recognize the young researcher’s […]
2018 APS Fellows
Chan, Siu-Wai Columbia University Citation: For observing and understanding the grain boundary dislocation motion in materials, providing a seminal impact on superconducting thin film boundary devices, and inventing a novel ecological synthesis technique of nano-crystals oxides for catalysis applications. Nominated by: Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Chen, Jacqueline H. Sandia National Laboratories California Citation: […]
2019 APS Prize Winners
1) 2019 James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials Recipient Xi Dai Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Citation: "For the theoretical prediction, design and realization of non-magnetic and magnetic topological semi-metals and new types of topological insulators." 2) 2019 I.I. Rabi Prize in Atomic, Molecular & Optical Phy Recipient Kang-Kuen Ni Harvard University […]