- Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2010.
- Published papers including 'Volume segregation programming in a nematode's early embryogenesis' in Physical Review E.
Research Experience
- Conducted postdoctoral work on phase transitions of quasicrystals and disordered/driven systems at various US and German institutions after 1987.
- Was a lecturer at the Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London from 1996 to 1997.
- Joined Hong Kong Baptist University as an associate professor in 1997, becoming a full professor in 2005.
- Led the university’s Institute of Computational and Theoretical Studies from 2020 to 2024.
- Oversaw the Complex Systems Division at the Beijing Computational Science Research Center from 2010 to 2020.
Education
- Degree: Ph.D.
- School: Carnegie Mellon University
- Advisor: Not explicitly mentioned
- Time: 1981-1987
- Major: Statistical Physics
- Degree: Bachelor's
- School: University of Science and Technology of China
- Time: 1978-1981
- Major: Physics
Background
- Research Interests: Statistical Physics, Complex Systems
- Professional Field: Interdisciplinary Studies
- Biography: Dr. Lei-Han Tang started his academic journey in physics at the University of Science and Technology in the spring of 1978 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1981. That same year, he continued his study at Carnegie Mellon University through the CUSPEA Program organized by T.D. Lee and obtained his PhD in statistical physics in 1987.