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Paul C. W. Chu is Professor of Physics and T. L. L. Temple Chair of Science at the University of Houston, where he joined the faculty in 1979. He holds the position of Founding Director and Chief Scientist of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH). Chu earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego. Throughout his career, he has held additional distinguished appointments, including Guest Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 2005, Founding Director of the Institute for Advanced Study at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2006, President Emeritus and University Professor Emeritus at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2009, and Honorary Chancellor of the Taiwan Comprehensive University System in 2012.
Chu's research specializes in experimental solid state physics, focusing on superconductivity, magnetism, and dielectrics under high pressure and low temperature conditions. His efforts emphasize discovering novel superconductors, unraveling mechanisms of high-temperature superconductors, raising critical temperatures, fabricating these materials, and developing practical applications. Key contributions include pioneering advancements recognized by the IEEE Milestone on High-Temperature Superconductivity in 1987. Selected publications feature 'Interface-induced superconductivity at ~25 K at ambient pressure in undoped CaFe2As2 single crystals' by K. Zhao et al. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 2016) and works on cuprates achieving superconductivity up to 164 K. Chu has garnered major awards such as the National Medal of Science (1988), Comstock Award from the National Academy of Sciences (1988), International Prize for New Materials from the American Physical Society (1988), election to the National Academy of Sciences (1989), membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1989), and the John Fritz Medal (2001). He is also a Fellow of the American Physical Society since 1978 and holds memberships in Academia Sinica (1988) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (foreign member, 1996).
University of Houston researchers shatter 33-year record in ambient pressure superconductivity with 151 K Tc using innovative pressure quenching on Hg-1223.
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