Prof. HONG Chaosheng

1920 - 2018

Education：

1940 B.S. in Enginnering, Tsinghua University (Southwest United University) 

1948 Ph.D. in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

1950 Postdoctor in Physics, Purdue University  

Professional Experience: 

1950  Research Assistant, Leiden University 

1951  Associate Professor, Institute of Physic 

1952  Part-time Professor, Tsinghua University & Peking University 

1953  Established the first Cryophysics Lab in China 

1954  Professor, Institute of Physics 

1958  Part-time Professor, University of Science and Technology of China 

1978  Deputy Director, Institute of Physics 

1980  Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

Honors and Awards: 

1989  1st Huguangfu Award

2000  Mendelson Award

2011  Samuel Collins Prize 

Achievements：

- Discovered exception of the Hall Effect in 1950

- Proposed the new concept that impurities available in the forbidden band of semiconductors contribute to electrical conductivity

- Observed the 4He λ Transition Point Temperature