Background
Sham, Lu Jeu was born on April 28, 1938 in Hong Kong. Son of Thomas Stearns and Cecilia Maria (Siu) Shen.
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Lu Jeu Sham
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physicist university professor
Lu Jeu Sham, Chinese Physics educator. Recipient Churchill College studentship, England, 1960-1963, Senior United States Scientist award Humboldt Foundation, Stuttgart, Germany, 1978; fellow Guggenheim Foundation, 1984, Chancellor Associations award for Excellence in Research, 1995. Fellow American Physical Society; member American Association for the Advancement of Science, NAS, Academy Sinica Republic of China.
Education
General Certificate of Education, Portsmouth College, England, 1957; Bachelor of Science, Imperial College, London U., England, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Cambridge U., England, 1963.
Career
He is best known for his work with Walter Kohn on the Kohn–Sham equations. Sham was a professor in the Department of Physics at University of California, San Diego, eventually serving as department head. He is now a UCSD professor emeritus.
Sham was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1998. Sham is noted for his work on density functional theory (DFT) with Walter Kohn, which resulted in the Kohn–Sham equations of DFT. The Kohn–Sham method is widely used in materials science. Sham's other research interests include condensed matter physics and optical control of electron spins in semiconductor nanostructures for quantum information processing.
Membership
Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, NAS, Academy Sinica Republic of China.
Interests
Connections
Married Georgina Bien, April 25, 1965. Children: Kevin Shen, Alisa Shen.
Awards
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Recipient Churchill College studentship, England, 1960-1963, Senior United States Scientist award Humboldt Foundation, Stuttgart, Germany, 1978. Fellow Guggenheim Foundation, 1984, Chancellor Associations award for Excellence in Research, 1995.Recipient Churchill College studentship, England, 1960-1963, Senior United States Scientist award Humboldt Foundation, Stuttgart, Germany, 1978. Fellow Guggenheim Foundation, 1984, Chancellor Associations award for Excellence in Research, 1995.