Liyuan Zhang receives the 2020 XPLORER PRIZE
Zhang was named a recipient in the interdisciplinary studies category for his work on the observation of the three-dimensional quantum Hall effect.
The 2020 XPLORER PRIZE recipients were announced on 25 September. Liyuan Zhang, a professor in SUSTech's Department of Physics, was one of 50 recipients and received the prize in interdisciplinary studies.
According to SUSTech's College of Science, the award recognised Zhang's experiments on the three-dimensional quantum Hall effect and supported further work on controlling topological states of matter. He accepted the prize at the ceremony in Beijing on 14 November.