# Daniel C. Tsui

_Chinese-American physicist, Nobel laureate_

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> Daniel Chee Tsui (Chinese: 崔琦; pinyin: Cuī Qí, born February 28, 1939) is an American physicist. He is currently serving as the Professor of Electrical Engineering, emeritus, at Princeton University. Tsui's areas of research include electrical properties of thin films and microstructures of semiconductors and solid-state physics.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 28 February 1939 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202138#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Baofeng County ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202138#P19))
- **Citizenship:** United States ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202138#P27))
- **Occupation:** physicist; university teacher ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202138#P106))
- **Education:** University of Chicago; Augustana College; Boston University; Pui Ching Middle School; Clementi Secondary School ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202138#P69))
- **Awards:** Nobel Prize in Physics; Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize; Fellow of the American Physical Society; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong; honorary doctor of the Peking University; honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Great Immigrants Award; Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202138#P166))

## About

Tsui won the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics with Robert B. Laughlin and Horst L. Störmer "for their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations."

## Questions

**When was Daniel C. Tsui born?**  
Daniel C. Tsui was born on 28 February 1939 in Baofeng County.

**Where did Daniel C. Tsui study?**  
Daniel C. Tsui was educated at University of Chicago, Augustana College, Boston University, Pui Ching Middle School.

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- [Image: Daniel C. Tsui, 1999, Princeton (cropped).jpg by Istvan Hargittai (CC BY 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daniel_C._Tsui,_1999,_Princeton_(cropped).jpg)

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