Xi Yin
Xi Yin | |
|---|---|
尹希 | |
| Born | December 1983 (age 42)[citation needed] |
| Alma mater | Harvard University University of Science and Technology of China |
| Known for | Higher-spin theory |
| Awards | New Horizons in Physics Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical Physics |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
Xi Yin (Chinese: 尹希; pinyin: Yǐn Xī; born December 1983 [citation needed]) is a Chinese-American theoretical physicist.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Yin was accepted to University of Science and Technology of China in 1996, at the age of 12, and completed the (then) 5-year bachelor program in 2001.[citation needed] He gained a PhD at Harvard University in 2006, under the supervision of Andrew Strominger. He was a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, and a Visiting Member at the Institute for Advanced Study. He joined the Harvard faculty in 2008, and is now a Professor of Physics.[1][2]
Yin is a recipient of NSF CAREER Award, Sloan Research Fellowship, and New Horizons in Physics Prize.[3] He is a Simons Investigator, and a principal investigator of the Simons Bootstrap Collaboration.[4]
Yin ran the Boston marathon three times, and completed the Leadville Trail 100 Run in 2011.[5]
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American physicists
- 21st-century Chinese scientists
- Chinese emigrants to the United States
- Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
- Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences faculty
- People from Zhuzhou
- Scientists from Hunan
- Theoretical physicists
- University of Science and Technology of China alumni