China Vitae

Biography

Hong Chaosheng, male, Han nationality, is a native of Beijing. He graduated from Tsinghua University and obtained a doctorate in physics from MIT in the USA. Hong Chaosheng is known for his research in cryophysics and cryogenics.

Hong found an exception of the Hall Effect, which occurred in a Ge mono-crystal with a current flowing under low temperature, at Purdue University in 1950. Based on the exception, he proposed the new concept that impurities available in the forbidden band of semiconductors contribute to electrical conductivity. Since the 1950s, he has established the Cryophysics Lab of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Physics Institute and constructed the Liquefaction System of Hydrogen and Helium. Hong initiated cryophysics and super-conduction research and deepened the study on cryo-refrigenaration and experimental techniques.

Hong co-founded the Cryophysics Subject at China Science and Technology University and directed the establishment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Cryogenics Lab for complex research and application development of cryogenic engineering technologies and cryophysics. Currently he is making efforts to promote scientific communication between China and the world by actively participating in the organization of the China Refrigeration Institute and the International Cryogenic Engineering Board.

Hong Chaosheng won the Mendelson Award in 2000.