Paul Ching Wu Chu
朱經武
Chu in 2024
2nd President ofHong Kong University of Science and Technology
In office 2001–2009
Chancellor	Tung Chee-hwa Donald Tsang
Preceded by	Woo Chia-wei
Succeeded by	Tony F. Chan
Personal details
Born	(1941-12-02)December 2, 1941 (age 83) Changsha,Hunan,China
Citizenship	Republic of China United States
Education	National Cheng Kung University (BS) Fordham University (MS) University of California San Diego (PhD)
Scientific career
Awards	Comstock Prize in Physics(1988) National Medal of Science(1988) Bernd T. Matthias Prize(1994) John Fritz Medal(2001)
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Bell Laboratories Cleveland State University University of Houston HKUST (2001–2009) Taiwan Comprehensive University System (2012–)
Thesis	High pressure study on the superconductivity of transition metals and alloys (1968)
Doctoral advisor	Bernd T. Matthias
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	朱經武
Simplified Chinese	朱经武
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhū Jīng Wǔ Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Zyu1 Ging1 Mou5

Paul Ching Wu Chu (Chinese:朱經武; born December 2, 1941) is a Taiwanese-American physicist specializing insuperconductivity,magnetism, anddielectrics. He is a professor of physics and T.L.L. Temple Chair of Science in thePhysics Department at theUniversity of Houston College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. He was the president of theHong Kong University of Science and Technology from 2001 to 2009. In 1987, he was one of the first scientists to demonstratehigh-temperature superconductivity.

Chu was born inChangsha,Hunan,Republic of China in 1941. Chu's family was fromTaishan,Guangdong. Chu spent his childhood inTaiwan.^[1][2]

In 1958, Chu graduated fromTaichung Municipal Cingshuei Senior High School. He then earned aBachelor of Science (B.S.) fromNational Cheng Kung University in 1962, aMaster of Science (M.S.) fromFordham University in 1965, and hisPh.D. from theUniversity of California, San Diego, in 1968.^[3]

After two years of performing industrial research withBell Laboratories atMurray Hill, New Jersey, Chu was appointedassistant professor of physics atCleveland State University in 1970. He was subsequently promoted toassociate professor and professor of physics in 1973 and 1975, respectively.

In 1979, Chu became a professor of physics at theUniversity of Houston, an appointment he still holds. In 1987, he andMaw-Kuen Wu announced the historic discovery ofsuperconductivity above 77 K inYBCO,^[4] touching off a frenzy of scientific excitement exemplified by theWoodstock of physics, at which he was a featured presenter.^[5] He was then appointed the director of theTexas Center for Superconductivity. Chu has served as the T.L.L. Temple Chair of Science at the same university since 1987. He also has served as a consultant and visiting staff member atBell Laboratories,Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, theMarshall Space Flight Center,Argonne National Laboratory andDuPont at various times.^[6]

Chu has received numerous awards and honors for his outstanding work in superconductivity, including theNational Medal of Science^[7] and theComstock Prize in Physics in 1988,^[8] and the American Physical Society'sInternational Prize for New Materials. He was an invited contributor to the White House National Millennium Time Capsule at the National Archives in 2000 and was selected the Best Researcher in the U.S. byU.S. News & World Report in 1990.

In 1989, Chu was elected a Fellow of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences.^[9] He is a member of theNational Academy of Sciences,Chinese Academy of Sciences (foreign member),Academia Sinica, Russian Academy of Engineering (RAE) and theThird World Academy of Sciences. His research activities extend beyond superconductivity tomagnetism anddielectrics.^{[citation needed]}

On November 17, 2014, an IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing plaque was presented toUniversity of Houston for Chu and his team's 1987 discovery of high temperature superconductors.^[10][11]

On September 1, 2001, Chu succeeded ProfessorChia-Wei Woo as the president ofThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Chu's tenure as university president ended officially on 1 September 2009.

On November 5, 2011, Chu was appointed as the founding President of theTaiwan Comprehensive University System (TCUS).^[12]

He is married to May Chu, the daughter ofShiing-Shen Chern.^[13]

• Honorary Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree fromWhittier College. (1991)^[14]
• 2014 IEEE Council on Superconductivity Max Swerdlow Award for Sustained Service to the Applied Superconductivity Community.^[15]

• 1991 –High temperature superconductivity: four years later Lecture sponsored by the Dept. of Electrical and Computer engineering, University of California, San Diego. Electrical and Computer Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series. Digital object made available by UC San Diego Library.

• Committee of 100 (United States)
• yttrium

• Paul Chu at uh.edu –at archive.org
• Paul C. W. Chu at ashk.org.hk
• Paul C. W. Chu at committee100.org
• Paul Ching-Wu Chu at encyclopedia.com

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