Honors
A.P. Sloan Foundation fellow (1992)
Overseas Chinese Physics Association outstanding young researcher award (1994)
Changjiang professor, Center for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University (2000—2004)
Fellow of American Physical Society (2002)
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics, MIT (2004—2011)
Distinguished Moore Scholar, Caltech (2006)
Distinguished Research Chair, Perimeter Institute (2009)
Isaac Newton Chair, Perimeter Institute (announced Sep 2011)
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