Dr. Cheng Chin

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Biography

Cheng Chin earned a B.S. degree in Physics from National Taiwan University in 1993 and a Ph.D. in Physics from Stanford University in 2001 under the advisory of Dr. Steven Chu. He conducted postdoctoral research at Stanford University from 2001 to 2003 and at Innsbruck University from 2003 to 2005. In 2005, he joined the University of Chicago as a full professor in the Department of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, and James Franck Institute. In 2012, he became a full professor. Throughout his career, he has been a visiting professor at various prestigious institutions including Innsbruck University in Austria, ETH in Switzerland, Rice University, MIT, Academia Sinica in Taiwan, University of Ulm in Germany, University of Munich in Germany, Max Planck Institute in Germany, JILA, Tsinghua University in China, and National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan.

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Professor

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University of Chicago • Chicago, IL

Joined as a full professor in the Department of Physics, involved in various research and academic activities.

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