Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica
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| Established | June 9, 1928 |
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| Address | No. 128, Section 2, Academia Road, Nangang District |
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| Website | Official website |
The Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica (ASIoP; Chinese: 中央研究院物理研究所; Tongyong Pinyin: Jhōngyāng yán jiòu yuàn wùlǐ yánjiòu suǒ; Tâi-lô: Tiong-iang-gián-kiù-īnn bu̍t-lí gián-kiù-sóo) is a research institute of Academia Sinica, the national academy of Taiwan. Originally stablished in 1928, it is one of the oldest physics research institutions associated with Academia Sinica. The institute is located at the Academia Sinica campus in Nangang District, Taipei.
The Institute of Physics was originally established on 9 June 1928 in Shanghai, China. Following the retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan, the institute was re-established in Taipei, Taiwan in 1962 at the Nangang campus of Academia Sinica. Physicist Wu Ta-You served as the first director after the re-establishment.
In 1966, the institute collaborated with National Taiwan University and National Tsing Hua University to establish the Physics Research Center, later known as the Physics Research Promotion Center, to support the development of physics research in Taiwan.
In 2002, research groups were reorganized into three divisions: Nanoscience, Complex Systems, and High Energy Physics. In 2015, these divisions were renamed Quantum Materials Physics, High Energy Physics, and Biological and Dynamical Systems Physics.
In 2015, the institute co-founded the "ASIOP & Shui-Chin Lee Physics Lecture Series" in collaboration with the Shui-Chin Lee Foundation for Basic Science Education. In 2019, the institute established the Institute of Physics Outstanding Thesis Award to recognize research achievements by scholars.[1]
Core research directions
The institute conducts research in a range of areas of modern physics, including quantum materials, high-energy physics, and biophysics.
- Quantum Materials Physics: Development of cutting-edge microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy; growth and identification of quantum materials; qubit physics and quantum phenomena in nanostructures.
- High-energy physics: theoretical particle physics, particle astronomy and cosmology; experimental nucleon and particle physics.
- Biodynamic physics: theoretical modeling and numerical simulation; physical biology; soft matter and particulate matter.[2]
Directors
- 1962 — 1976 Wu Ta-You
- 1976 — 1977 Wei-Nong Wang
- 1977 — 1989 Lin Er-kang
- 1990 — 1999 Tien Tzou Tsong
- 1999 — 2002 Yao Yong-de
- 2002 — 2004 Maw-Kuen Wu
- 2004 — 2006 Sai-Ping Li
- 2006 — 2012 Maw-Kuen Wu
- 2012 — 2018 Ting-kuo Lee
- 2018 — 2024 Chia-Seng Chang[3][4]
- 2024 — present Yuan-Hann Chang