Paris, Nov. 24 (CNA) Taiwanese researcher Yeukuang Hwu and French scientist Patrick Soukiassian were joint winners of this year's Taiwan-French Science Award for their collaborative research on cutting-edge materials.
Hwu, a research fellow with Academia Sinica's Institute of Physics, and Soukiassian, a researcher with the Universite de Paris-Sud/Orsay et CEA-Saclay, France, will share the prize money of 38,200 euros.
Their joint research was called -- "Nanochemistry at advanced semiconductors surfaces and interfaces: Epitaxial graphene and silicon carbide."
The award was presented at the Academy of Sciences under the Institute de France Wednesday, with Chen Cheng-hong, vice chairman of Taiwan's National Science Council (NSC), and Jean Dercourt, a permanent secretary of the academy, jointly presiding.
Upon receiving the award, Soukiassian expressed appreciation mainly to Professor Georges Charpak -- the 1992 winner of Nobel Prize in Physics -- for introducing him to Taiwan to join a research group at the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center.
Soukiassian said he met Hwu at the center and went on to work with him on the collaborative program.
For his part, Hwu thanked professor Giorgio Margaritondo for his guidance and Charpak as well for his teaching.
Both Hwu and Soukiassian said they were sad that their great mentor Charpak passed away in September.
The Taiwan-French Science Award is given annually to outstanding scholars from either France or Taiwan.
It was co-founded in 1999 by the NSC and the prestigious
Institute de France with the aim of promoting bilateral collaboration in scientific and technological research.
(By Luo Yuan-shao and Deborah Kuo)
Source: CNA
