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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.

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Created March 12, 2020