Dr. Zhu Xinglong awarded the "John Dawson Doctoral Thesis Prize"

Recently, the biennial International Workshop on Laser-Plasma Accelerators (LPAW2023, https://lpaw23.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/) was held in Lisbon, Portugal. LPAW, initiated in the 1990s, is an important conference in the field of laser-plasma acceleration and radiation. Professor Zhang Jie and Professor Sheng Zhengming from the School of Physics and Astronomy at Shanghai Jiao Tong University previously hosted an edition of this workshop in 2011. At the LPAW2023 conference, Zhu Xinglong, a Ph.D. graduate from the School of Physics and Astronomy in 2021, was honored with the 2021-2022 John Dawson Thesis Prize. His advisor was Professor Sheng Zhengming. The prize, named after Professor John Dawson of UCLA, a pioneer in the field, is awarded to the best Ph.D. graduates who have made significant innovative contributions in the field of laser or particle beam-driven plasma accelerators. It is awarded every two years to 1-2 recipients. The recognition of Dr. Zhu Xinglong with this prize not only serves as an encouragement and affirmation of his individual research work but also acknowledges the School of Physics and Astronomy's efforts in nurturing and educating talented individuals.

Zhu Xinglong is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Tsung-Dao Lee Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research focuses on high-power ultra-intense laser-plasma interaction physics and its applications. His research interests include laser particle acceleration, novel radiation sources, strong-field quantum electrodynamics (QED) plasma physics, and plasma optics. To date, he has published over 10 academic papers as the first author in internationally renowned journals such as Science Advances, Nature Communications, Light: Science & Applications, and Optica. He has been honored with various awards, including the National Postdoctoral Innovation Talent Support Program, Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award from the Chinese Physical Society and the Chinese Astronomical Society, U30 Young Scholar Award from the Asia-Pacific Plasma Physics Society, Cai Shidong Plasma Physics Award, Wang Daheng Student Optics Award, Shanghai "Super Postdoctoral" Incentive Program, Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate of Shanghai, and Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.