Two LANL theorists elected American Physical Society fellows
Fan Guo studies how particles gain energy in plasmas; Shi-Zeng Lin works on the theory of quantum materials.
LOS ALAMOS — Two Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists in the Theoretical division, Fan Guo and Shi-Zeng Lin, have been elected fellows of the American Physical Society, the Lab announced Nov. 10. Each year the society names no more than half of 1% of its members, not counting students, according to the release.
Guo was chosen through the society's Division of Plasma Physics for “fundamental contributions to the field of particle acceleration processes in collisionless plasmas, especially to particle acceleration in magnetic reconnection.” His work uses theory and computer models to study how particles gain energy in solar, space, astrophysical and laboratory plasmas. He joined the Lab after earning a doctorate from the University of Arizona in 2012.
Lin was chosen through the Division of Condensed Matter Physics for work including the “theoretical prediction of fractional Chern insulators in MoTe₂” and the theory of magnetic skyrmions in quantum materials. He holds a joint appointment at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies and came to the Lab as a postdoctoral researcher in 2011.
“These scientists exemplify the broad and deep commitment to foundational research at Los Alamos,” said Patrick Fitch, deputy Laboratory director for Science, Technology and Engineering.