【Master Forum】Instrumentation and Discovery

April 23, 2026 Upcoming

Topic:?Instrumentation and discovery

Speaker:?Professor Zhengguo Zhao

Host:?Professor Bowen Xiao

Date:?Thursday, April 23, 2026

Time:?10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Venue:?SIN Wai Kin International Conference Centre (W201), Administration Building

Language:?English

Abstract:?

Scientific instrumentation is an essential part of scientific research and serves as the backbone of scientific discovery. Advanced instruments have not only expanded our knowledge boundaries in understanding the natural world but also opened new avenues for research. The instrumentation developed for nuclear and particle physics research has far-reaching applications that extend well beyond fundamental science. These technologies play critical roles in medicine, security, industry, environmental monitoring, and space exploration, demonstrating their profound significance and versatility. This presentation will review the crucial role played by the instrumentation that led to discoveries from the electron to the Higgs boson and give examples of applications of cutting-edge technology created from nuclear and particle physics research.

Speaker Profile:

Professor Zhengguo Zhao is an experimental particle physicist and a professor at the University of Science and Technology of China. He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and currently serves as the vice-president of the Chinese Physical Society. He once served as the head of the Center for Experimental Particle Physics at the Institute of High Energy Physics of CAS, as well as the spokesperson of the BES Collaboration for the Beijing Spectrometer experiment at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider. His career has been marked by extensive engagement in particle physics experiments. His research work includes the measurement of neutrino mass, the study of strong interaction effects in pionic atoms, charm quark physics and Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) studies at BES, as well as the search for the Higgs boson and new physics in the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). In recent years, he has been leading the R&D efforts for the new-generation e-e+ collider in the GeV energy region. Zhao's achievements have been recognized with several awards, including the Second Prize of the National Natural Science Award and the He Liang He Li Prize in physics, and the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics of 2025 with colleagues of The ATLAS Collaboration.

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