Xi Yin

{{Short description|Chinese-American theoretical physicist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Western name order|Yin Xi}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Xi Yin | native_name = 尹希 | native_name_lang = zh | image =  | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1983|12}}{{fact|date=June 2021}}  | birth_place = Zhuzhou, Hunan, China | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | other_names = | pronounce = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = Theoretical Physics | workplaces = Harvard University | patrons = | education = | alma_mater = Harvard University<br/>University of Science and Technology of China | thesis_title =  | thesis_url =  | thesis_year =  | doctoral_advisor =  | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = Higher-spin theory | influences = | influenced = | awards = New Horizons in Physics Prize | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse =  | partner =  | children = | signature =  | signature_alt = | website =  | footnotes = }} '''Xi Yin''' ({{zh |c = 尹希 |p = Yǐn Xī }}; born December 1983 {{fact|date=June 2021}}) is a Chinese-American theoretical physicist.

==Biography== Yin was accepted to University of Science and Technology of China in 1996, at the age of 12, and completed the (then) 5-year bachelor program in 2001.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} He gained a PhD at Harvard University in 2006, under the supervision of Andrew Strominger. He was a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, and a Visiting Member at the Institute for Advanced Study. He joined the Harvard faculty in 2008, and is now a Professor of Physics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2015/9/327504.shtm|title=对话哈佛华人教授尹希：生活快乐是最重要的—新闻—科学网|website=News.sciencenet.cn|access-date=January 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/yin|title=Faculty: XI YIN {{!}} Harvard University Department of Physics|website=www.physics.harvard.edu|access-date=2019-05-15}}</ref>

Yin is a recipient of NSF CAREER Award, Sloan Research Fellowship, and New Horizons in Physics Prize.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://breakthroughprize.org/Laureates/1/L3803|title=Breakthrough Prize – Fundamental Physics : Laureates – Xi Yin|website=Breakthroughprize.org|access-date=January 10, 2018}}</ref> He is a Simons Investigator, and a principal investigator of the Simons Bootstrap Collaboration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bootstrapcollaboration.com/members/|title=Simons Collaboration on the Nonperturbative Bootstrap|website=bootstrapcollaboration.com|access-date=2019-05-15}}</ref>

Yin ran the Boston marathon three times, and completed the Leadville Trail 100 Run in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leadvilleraceseries.com/2011-leadville-trail-100-run-gender-results/|title=2011 Leadville Trail 100 Run Gender Results|last=Bailey|first=Aaron|website=Leadville Race Series|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-15}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Official website|https://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/yin}}

[https://sites.google.com/view/xi-yin/home Personal website]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yin, Xi}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century American physicists Category:21st-century Chinese scientists Category:Chinese emigrants to the United States Category:Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Category:Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences faculty Category:People from Zhuzhou Category:Scientists from Hunan Category:Theoretical physicists Category:University of Science and Technology of China alumni

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