SJTU President Zhang Jie Won Edward Teller Award
SJTU President Zhang Jie is an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, physical scientist in the field of laser plasma, and the President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He and his team have made great contributions in the study of quick fire laser fusion and the study of astrophysics in the intense laser laboratory. On the 24th of September 2015, Zhang won the 2015 Edward Teller Award of the American Nuclear Society. This is the first time that Chinese scientist won the highest prize in this field, which add to the honors to the relative researches in our country.