Achievement in Asia Award (AAA Robert T. Poe Prize)
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS
The International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers (OCPA) welcomes nominations for the 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 a cash prize of U.S. $2000. For the background of this award, please see the article about Robert T. Poe written in 2005.
Nomination
An AAA candidate (either the individual or the group leader) should not exceed 50 years of age. The candidate should be nominated by a senior physicist with the following supporting materials:
- A brief statement by the nominator describing the research work performed in Asia for which the candidate is nominated.
- A curriculum vitae and a list of major publications of the candidate.
- Three letters of recommendation.
- No more than three major publications (pdf format) of the research based on which the candidate is nominated.
We strongly encourage that all nomination materials be submitted in PDF format to the Awards chair by email. Please follow the Award Announcement for details. The nomination will be active for 2 calendar years, subjected to the conditions delineated above. The nomination material should be sent directly to the Chair of the OCPA Awards Committee.
Details of the nomination for the current year can be found in the announcement listed at: https://ocpaweb.org/home/tag/awards
Past Winners
| 2023 | Yu-Ao Chen | University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2023 | Kam Tuen Law | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2022 | Jian Wang | Peking University, Beijing | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2022 | Cheng-Wei Qiu | National Unversity of Singapore | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2021 | Chao-Yang Lu | University of Science and Technology of China | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2021 | Hai-Zhou Lu | Southern University of Science and Technology, China | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2020 | Yu-tin Huang | Physics Department, National Taiwan University | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2020 | Ying Jiang | International Center for Quantum Materials, Peking University | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2019 | Jing Shu | Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academic of Sciences | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2018 | Wen-Hao Chang | National Chiao Tung University | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2017 | Kingman Cheung | National Tsing Hua University | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2017 | Chushun Tian | Chinese Academy of Sciences | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2016 | Hong-Jian He | Tsinghua University | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2016 | Zheng-Ming Sheng | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2015 | Yugang Ma | Shanghai SINAP | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2015 | Qing-Feng Sun | Peking University | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2014 | Yilong Han | HKUST | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2014 | Wang Yao | Hong Kong University | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2013 | Jin-Feng Jia | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2013 | Xingjian Zhou | Inst. of Physics, CAS | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2012 | Zhong FANG | Inst. of Physics, CAS | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2012 | Xi DAI | Inst. of Physics, CAS | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2011 | Pei-Ming Ho | National Taiwan Univ. | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2010 | Dong-Lai Feng | Fudan Univ. | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2010 | Hai-Hu Wen | Institute of Physics, CAS | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2009 | EAST team | Institute of Plasma Physics, CAS | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2009 | Jie Meng | Peking Univ. | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2008 | Hongjun Gao | Institute of Physics, CAS | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2007 | Hsiang-nan Li | Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2006 | WANG, Ning | HK Univ of Sci & Tech | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2005 | LI, Baowen | Natl Univ of Singapore | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2004 | ZHANG, Jie | Inst of Phys, CAS | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2002-2003 | WANG, Enge | Inst of Phys, CAS | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2002-2003 | HOU, Wei-Shu | Natl Taiwan Univ | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 2001-2002 | YANG, Xue-Ming | Academia Sinica | Web | |
| 2001-2002 | HOU, Jian-Guo | Uni Sci & Tech China | Web | |
| 2000-2001 | CHAN, Che-Ting | HK Univ of Sci & Tech | Web | |
| 1999-2000 | WANG, Jian | Univ of Hong Kong | Web | |
| 1999-2000 | CHING, Emily Shuk-Chi | Chinese Univ of HK | Web | |
| 1996 | WEI, Ching-Ming | Academia Sinica | Web | |
| 1995 | I, Lin | Central Univ, Taiwan | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 1994 | ZHU, Qing-Shi | Uni Sci & Tech China | Bio & Citation | Web |
| 1993 | OU-YANG, Zhong-Can | Inst of Theo Phys, CAS | Bio & Citation | Web |