Assistant Professor of Physics Kyle Shen has received a Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) Fall 2010 Cottrell Scholar Award. These awards provide $75,000 to early career scientists who are leaders in integrating science teaching and research at America’s leading research universities.
The candidates’ research was judged on originality, feasibility, and the prospect for significant fundamental advances to science. Shen was cited for shedding light on quantum interactions in new correlated electronic states of matter; his lab focuses on cutting-edge research into condensed matter physics. Shen is also a recent winner of the Air Force Young Investigator Research Program, which awarded him $700,000 for a project on developing new superconductors in artificially engineered correlated materials.