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AWARDS

2020 Lee Osheroff Richardson Science Prize - Sheng Ran

Researcher seated at a lab bench looking though a microscope

In my lab at the University of Maryland Quantum Materials Center looking at a sample of uranium ditelluride through an optical microscope.  

Credit: Mark Esser/NIST

Dr Sheng Ran is recognised for his research on unconventional superconductivity and electronic phases, particularly his seminal contributions to the discovery of exotic and extremely high-field re-entrant superconductivity in uranium ditelluride.

Visit the award announcement for more information

Materials, Superconductors and Neutron research
Created March 12, 2020
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