Background
Xie, Yu-Zhang was born on February 18, 1915 in Soochow, China. Son of He-Sheng and Yong-Min (Pan) Xie.
Xie, Yu-Zhang was born on February 18, 1915 in Soochow, China. Son of He-Sheng and Yong-Min (Pan) Xie.
Bachelor of Science, Tsinghua University, Peking, China, 1936. Master of Science, Tsinghua University, Kunming, China, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, 1950.
Assistant professor Central University, Nanking, China, 1945-1948. Visiting lecturer Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1950-1951. Associate professor Hampton (Virginia) Institute, 1951-1952.
Research associate Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1952-1955. Assistant professor Wichita (Kansas) University, 1955-1957. Professor Tsinghua University, Peking, 1957—2005.
Retired, 2005
Guest researcher Institute Theoretical Physics, Peking, since 1992.
Member Chinese Physical Society (councillor 1982-1985), Chinese Liquid Crystal Society (rpes. 1980-1986), International Liquid Crystal Society.
Married Shu-Qin Kou, November 1, 1952. 1 child, Rose.