International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, IEAS

Academician

Yueliang WU

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Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2018, Professor Yueliang Wu is a distinguished Chinese theoretical physicist whose research and professional work have focused on particle physics, quantum field theory, unified field theory, and quantum cosmology. Born in February 1962 in Yixing, Jiangsu Province, he received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Nanjing University in 1982 and his doctorate from the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1987. Recommended by Professor Tsung-Dao Lee, he conducted postdoctoral and research work in Germany and the United States from 1987 to 1996 before joining the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he subsequently served as Director of the Institute, Director of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics China, and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics. He currently serves as Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Director of the UNESCO International Centre for Theoretical Physics Asia-Pacific, and Chairman of the Academic Committee of the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is Chief Scientist of the Taiji Programme, China’s space-borne gravitational-wave detection mission, and previously served as Chief Scientist of a National Basic Research Programme (973 Programme) project on dark matter and dark energy. A Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences since 2007 and a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), he has also chaired the Council of the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics and received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars.

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Professor Wu’s research has centred on fundamental particle physics, quantum field theory, quantum gravity, and quantum cosmology. His early work on chiral algebra, CP violation, and quark–lepton flavour physics established theoretical results concerning kaon decays and the ΔI = 1/2 isospin rule, and contributed to the development of models of spontaneous CP violation; these studies were recognised with a Second Prize of the National Natural Science Award. His subsequent research has addressed the theoretical relationship between general relativity and quantum field theory, leading to the development of gravitational quantum field theory and the proposed hyperunified field theory. He has also developed approaches to quantum-field-theory regularisation, spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in low-energy quantum chromodynamics, holographic QCD, dark matter and dark energy, and early-universe cosmology. As Chief Scientist of the Taiji Programme, he has led theoretical and technological pre-research for China’s space-borne gravitational-wave observatory, including work demonstrated through the Taiji-1 technology demonstration satellite. He has supervised more than twenty doctoral students. Through sustained theoretical research, leadership of major scientific programmes, and academic supervision, Professor Wu has contributed to the development of particle physics, quantum gravity, cosmology, and gravitational-wave research in China.