# Benjamin Chu

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**Benjamin Thomas Chu** (born March 3, 1932) is a Chinese-born American chemist. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Research at [Stony Brook University](/source/Stony_Brook_University).

## Education

Chu received his secondary education at schools in Shanghai and Hong Kong. He moved to the United States in 1953 to attended [St. Norbert College](/source/St._Norbert_College) on scholarship. Chu earned a doctorate in radiochemistry from [Cornell University](/source/Cornell_University) in 1959,

## Career

Chu started work as a research associate of [Peter Debye](/source/Peter_Debye).[1][2] He began his teaching career at the [University of Kansas](/source/University_of_Kansas) in 1962. Chu joined the [State University of New York at Stony Brook](/source/State_University_of_New_York_at_Stony_Brook) faculty in 1968. He was awarded a [Sloan Fellowship](/source/Sloan_Fellowship) for 1966-68 and a [Guggenheim Fellowship](/source/Guggenheim_Fellowship) for 1968-69. Chu was named a leading professor of chemistry in 1988, and appointed to a distinguished professorship in 1992. Chu has received the [Humboldt Research Award](/source/Humboldt_Research_Award) twice, in 1976 and 1992, and was elected fellow of the [American Physical Society](/source/American_Physical_Society) in 1992.[1]

## Selected fellowships and honors

- Participant of the 1966 Study Week on Molecular Forces, Pontifical Academy of Science, Vatican City, Rome, Italy
- Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, 1966-68
- John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 1968-69
- Visiting Professor/Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1975-76, 1992-93
- [Humboldt Award](/source/Humboldt_Award), 1976-77, 1992-93[3]
- Distinguished Achievement Award in Natural Science, St. Norbert College, 1981
- Fellow, American Institute of Chemists; Fellow, American Physical Society;
- Honorary Professor of the [Chinese Academy of Sciences](/source/Chinese_Academy_of_Sciences), 1992 -[4]
- High Polymer Physics Prize, American Physical Society, 1993[5]
- Langmuir Distinguished Lecturer, Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society, 1994
- Honorary Professor, Nankai University, Tianjin, China 1996-
- Award for Distinguished Service in Advancement of Polymer Science, Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 1997
- Honorary Professor, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China 1998-
- 1998 Achievement Award of Chinese Institute of Engineers/USA, Outstanding Achievement Award 1998
- Honorary Professor, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China 2004-
- Distinguished Honor Professor, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China 2006-
- Honorary Professor, Beijing University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China 2006-
- Gutenberg Lecture Award, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany 2007[6]
- 2007 [St. Norbert College](/source/St._Norbert_College), De Pere, Wisconsin for Honorary Doctor of Law degree[7]
- Honorary Member of the [Society of Polymer Science](/source/Society_of_Polymer_Science), Japan 2008

## Selected books

- Laser Light and Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering: With Evolution of Electrospinning Technology in Biomedical and Water Purification. (2025) ISBN 9789814968881
- "Molecular Forces Based on the Baker Lectures of Peter J. W. Debye," John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York (1967) 176 pp.[8]
- "Problems in Chemical Thermodynamics," Addison- Wesley Publishing Co., Inc., Reading, Massachusetts (1967) 240 pp.[9]
- "Laser Light Scattering," Academic Press, New York and London (1974) 337 pp.[10]
- NATO ASI, Series B: Physics, Volume 73. "Proceedings on Scattering Techniques Applied to Supramolecular and Nonequilibrium Systems, edited by S. H. Chen, B. Chu and R. Nossal, Plenum Press (1981) 928 pp.
- SPIE Milestone Series. Vol. MS 12, "Selected Papers on Laser Light Scattering by Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Fluid Systems, edited by B. Chu (1990) 736 pp.
- "Laser Light Scattering: Basic Principles and Practice," 2nd Edition, Academic Press, Boston, (1991) 343 pp. Reprinted with new Preface by Dover Publications, Inc., Mineola, NY (2007) 368pp.

## References

1. ["Benjamin Chu, research distinguished professor emeritus"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190818070337/https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/chemistry/faculty/chu.benjamin.html). Archived from [the original](https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/chemistry/faculty/chu.benjamin.html) on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2018.

1. "Benjamin Chu". *Macromolecules*. **35** (3): 585–586. 29 January 2002. [Bibcode:2002MaMol..35..585.](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002MaMol..35..585.). [doi:10.1021/ma011994w](https://doi.org/10.1021/ma011994w)

1. ["Prof. Dr. Benjamin Chu"](https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/connect/explore-the-humboldt-network/singleview/1004396/prof-dr-benjamin-chu). *humboldt-foundation.de*

1. ["Honorary Professors----Institute of Chemistry the Chinese Academy of Sciences"](http://english.ic.cas.cn/pe/honorary/). *english.ic.cas.cn*

1. ["APS Polymer Physics Prize"](https://engage.aps.org/dpoly/honors/prizes-awards/polymer-physics-prize). *aps.org*

1. ["Gutenberg Lecture Award für Polymerwissenschaftler | CHEManager"](https://www.chemanager-online.com/news/gutenberg-lecture-award-fuer-polymerwissenschaftler). *www.chemanager-online.com*

1. ["St. Norbert - College Magazine"](https://www.snc.edu/magazine/pdfs/2015v47n2.pdf). Summer 2015. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150905211348/http://www.snc.edu/magazine/pdfs/2015v47n2.pdf) 2015-09-05 at the Wayback Machine.

1. Chu, Benjamin & Mountain, Raymond D. (1 March 1969). ["Molecular Forces: Based on the Baker Lectures of Peter J. W. Debye"](https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/article-abstract/37/3/342/1044266/Molecular-Forces-Based-on-the-Baker-Lectures-of?redirectedFrom=fulltext). *American Journal of Physics*. **37** (3): 342. [Bibcode:1969AmJPh..37..342C](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1969AmJPh..37..342C). [doi:10.1119/1.1975560](https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1975560)

1. Hecht, Charles E. (March 1968). ["Problems in chemical thermodynamics (Bearman, Richard J.; Chu, Benjamin)"](https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ed045pA234.1). *Journal of Chemical Education*. **45** (3): A234. [Bibcode:1968JChEd..45..234H](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968JChEd..45..234H). [doi:10.1021/ed045pa234.1](https://doi.org/10.1021/ed045pa234.1). [ISSN 0021-9584](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0021-9584)

1. Gollub, Jerry P. (1 July 1975). ["Laser Light Scattering by Benjamin Chu. Reviewed by Jerry P. Gollub"](https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/article-abstract/43/7/655/1050067/Laser-Light-Scattering-by-Benjamin-Chu-Reviewed-by?redirectedFrom=fulltext). *American Journal of Physics*. **43** (7): 655–656. [doi:10.1119/1.9756](https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9756)

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