{"id":347,"date":"2016-04-15T21:33:06","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T01:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsnews\/?p=347"},"modified":"2016-04-15T21:35:59","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T01:35:59","slug":"ur-physics-senior-is-finalist-for-rhodes-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsnews\/2016\/04\/15\/ur-physics-senior-is-finalist-for-rhodes-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"UR Physics Student Is Finalist for Rhodes Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UR senior Haonan Liu has achieved the outstanding honor of being one of 16 finalists for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship from\u00a0China. \u00a0Liu, a physics and math major, has had a stellar career at UR since arriving in 2012, some highlights of which include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He carried out research with physics professor Ted Bunn which resulted in a first author publication in the Astrophysical Journal, the leading scientific journal in the field<\/li>\n<li>He presented research results to the American Astronomical Society<\/li>\n<li>He spent his junior year studying abroad at Oxford University in England<\/li>\n<li>He is one of two recipients in 2016 of the David Evans award which recognizes outstanding scholarship at UR<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To add to these highlights, Liu was selected as one of the 16 finalists for the inaugural year of the Rhodes scholarship being available to Chinese citizens. \u00a0The Rhodes scholarship is widely recognized as one of the most prestigious academic honors\u00a0in the world and attracts more than 12,000 applicants. \u00a0In his Rhodes application proposal, Liu described his plan to return to Oxford to study quantum information and quantum teleportation.<\/p>\n<p>Liu will be beginning his PhD in physics at the University of Colorado in the fall. \u00a0That institution is ideally suited to his research interest in quantum information, being affiliated with both\u00a0the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the JILA laboratory.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-338\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsnews\/files\/2016\/01\/AAS-227.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-338 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsnews\/files\/2016\/01\/AAS-227-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"AAS 227\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsnews\/files\/2016\/01\/AAS-227-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsnews\/files\/2016\/01\/AAS-227.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Haonan Liu (left) along with Prof.\u00a0Ted Bunn and fellow\u00a0UR students Joseph George and Evan Jones at the American Astronomical society where they presented their research.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UR senior Haonan Liu has achieved the outstanding honor of being one of 16 finalists for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship from\u00a0China. \u00a0Liu, a physics and math major, has had a stellar career at UR since arriving in 2012, some highlights of which include: He carried out research with physics professor Ted Bunn which resulted in &hellip; 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