Award Reason

Dr. Shifeng Mao introduced the full-Penn algorithm into the Monte Carlo simulation physical model of electron-solid interaction, making the Monte Carlo simulation of electron transport in materials free of parameters, during his graduate course at the Laboratory for Microstructure of Solids, University of Science and Technology of China.

Profile

Dr. Shifeng Mao, currently working as an associate professor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), was born in July 1984, started the undergraduate study in the Department of Physics at USTC in 2000, finished his BSc thesis in Prof. Zejun Ding's lab in Jun. 2004. He joined the Department of Physics at USTC in 2004 to work with Prof. Zejun Ding on developing the Monte Carlo simulation model for electron-solid interaction. He received his PhD in condensed matter physics in Dec. 2009, and continued his postdoctoral research until Sep. 2012. He late worked at School of Nuclear Science and Technology at USTC and extended the research interest to the plasma-surface interaction in the field of magnetic confined fusion. He is the young committee member of the Nuclear Industry Education Society of China, and the council member of Vacuum Society of Anhui Province.

Achievements

Dr. Shifeng Mao is now leading one of the young scientist projects belonging to the National Key Research and Development Program of China. He was awarded Young Scientist Award in the 8th International Symposium on Atomic Level Characterizations for New Materials and Devices (ALC’11) and the second prize of Anhui Teaching Achievement Award.