2026 Best Research Paper Award for Junior Research Investigators Winners Announced
The Best Research Paper Award for Junior Research Investigators is established to encourage young scholars of the Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica to pursue in-depth academic research and publish outstanding research papers. For this year (2026), a total of 8 applications were received, with 6 awarded. The list of winners is as follows:
【Award Category: Post-doctoral Fellow】
【Excellent Award】
Awardee: Chang, Yung-Yeh (張永業)
Paper: "Quasi-two-dimensional spin helix and magnon-induced singularity in twisted bilayer graphene"
Phys. Rev. Research (Letter) 7, L032066(2025-09)
Awardee: Yang, Deng-Kai (楊登凱)
Paper: "Polymer-Based Prism-Free Nanograting SPR Imaging Enables Multiplexed Detection and Single-Step Aptamer Binding Kinetics"
Small , (2026-01)
Awardee: Evans, Geraint Wyn (艾文思傑蘭特)
Paper: "Vorticity-induced effects from Wess-Zumino-Witten terms"
Physical Review D, APS 113, 036029(2026-02)
【Award Category: Doctoral Student / Research Assistant】
【Distinguished Award】
Awardee: Blankenburg, Gerhard (薄杰海)
Paper: "Nanoscale AC Electroosmotic Flow and the Frequency–Size Scaling Observed beyond the Charge Relaxation Regime"
Nano Letters 25(35), 13128-1313(2025-08)
【Excellent Award】
Awardee: Chen, Heng-Hao (陳恒皓)
Paper: "Flavor Equilibration of Supernova Neutrinos: Exploring the Dynamics of Slow Modes"
Physical Review D 112, 043039(2025-08)
Awardee: Wu, Feng-Yu (吳豐聿)
Paper: "Unveiling a Stable Polysulfide Transport Framework in a Fluorine-Free Li-S Batteries"
Advanced Science 13, Issue1, e19272(2026-01)
