Quantum physicist Zhu Zijie has returned to China from Switzerland to join Fudan University as a Xianghui Young Scholar and associate professor at the Xianghui Academy. He aims to conduct cutting-edge research in cold atoms. Previously, he graduated from Peking University and studied at ETH Zurich, Albert Einstein's alma mater, staying for postdoctoral work.
Quantum physicist Zhu Zijie, a rising star in the field, has left Europe for China. He told the South China Morning Post he wants ‘to do something nobody’s done’.
After graduating from Peking University, Zhu went to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) – Albert Einstein’s alma mater – for graduate studies. He stayed there as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Quantum Electronics for over a year.
In March, Zhu returned from Switzerland to join Fudan University as a Xianghui Young Scholar and associate professor at the Xianghui Academy. He will undertake cutting-edge research in cold atoms.
The move highlights China's efforts to attract top scientific talent from abroad, as reported by the South China Morning Post.