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Yuen-Ron Shen

Chinese physicist
Person human Q1596879

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16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[26]
Date of birth
March 25, 1935
Place of birth
Shanghai
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
physicist, university teacher
Employer
University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Fudan University, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics[7][8][9][10]
Field of work
physics[6]
Educated at
National Taiwan University, Harvard University, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences[11][12][13]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship, Sloan Fellowship, Charles Hard Townes Award, Max Planck Research Award, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids, Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Doctoral advisor
Nicolaas Bloembergen[14]
Doctoral student
Tai-Chang Chiang, Tony Heinz[27][28]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[30]
Family name
Shen[29]
Member of
National Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences[23][24][25]
P14541
4R5Mkj[31]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 33
ISNI
0000000118389884
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5075-5255
VIAF cluster ID
84748251
Library of Congress authority ID
n83164129
GND ID
108751554
OpenAlex ID
A5020260192, A5121593309as of 2026-09-23
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Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260923 · as of 2026-09-23
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
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Academic Tree ID
47068
Awards & Winners artist ID
09g98ts
BIBSYS ID
90382120
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12305344m
CONOR.SI ID
159862371
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11496558
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CiNii Research ID
1140282266831065600
DDB person (GND) ID
108751554
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
116669
Freebase ID
/m/09g98ts
Guggenheim fellows ID
y-r-shen
IdRef ID
031928560
KBR person ID
14147251
MR Author ID
160270
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
258370
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00284305
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2008453507
NUKAT ID
n98047821
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007460908705171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070845883
Physics History Network ID
11602032
Prabook ID
1730790
RERO ID (legacy)
A003826971
SHARE Catalogue author ID
26954
Scopus author ID
35462742600
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJcBVkmTJXxY9tVDH88Bfq
Yale LUX ID
person/b6b3129d-989e-462e-a066-4c93897861fb
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🔗 Connections
Award received 6
Guggenheim Fellowship, Charles Hard Townes Award, Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, Max Planck Research Award, Sloan Fellowship, Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids
Employer 4
University of California, Berkeley, Fudan University, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Member of 3
National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Educated at 2
Harvard University, National Taiwan University
Occupation 2
physicist, university teacher
Affiliated with 1
Ocean University of China
Author of 1
Performance of underwater quantum key distribution with polarization encoding
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Doctoral advisor 1
Nicolaas Bloembergen
Doctoral advisors 1
Nicolaas Bloembergen
Doctoral student 1
Tony Heinz
Doctoral students 1
Tony Heinz
Family name 1
Shen
Field of work 1
physics
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Shanghai
Sex or gender 1
male
← Authored by 1
Performance of underwater quantum key distribution with polarization encoding
← Winner 1
Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science
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Summary

Yuen-Ron Shen was born on March 25, 1935[1], in Shanghai[2]. He has worked as a physicist[3] and university teacher[4].

Why It Matters

His notable doctoral advisees include Tony Heinz[32], a physicist[33], b. 1956[34], of United States[35], awarded the Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids[36], specialised in optics[37].

FAQs

Where was Yuen-Ron Shen born?

Yuen-Ron Shen was born in Shanghai[2].

What did Yuen-Ron Shen do for work?

Yuen-Ron Shen worked as a physicist[3] and university teacher[4].

Where did Yuen-Ron Shen go to school?

Yuen-Ron Shen was educated at National Taiwan University[11], Harvard University[12], and Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences[13].

What awards did Yuen-Ron Shen receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[15], Sloan Fellowship[16], Charles Hard Townes Award[17], and Max Planck Research Award[18].

Related Entities

Charles Hard Townes Award Nicolaas Bloembergen Ocean University of China physics United States

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  14. [15] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] ↑ . optica.org. optica.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  28. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . catalogue.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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