Perimeter Institute Recruits Xiao-Gang Wen To BMO Financial Group Newton Isaac Chair
Sunday, September 18, 2011 - 23:10
in Mathematics & Economics
Xiao-Gang Wen, a condensed matter theoretical physicist, has joined the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics as the new BMO Financial Group Isaac Newton Chair. Yes, their Isaac Newton Chair has a corporate sponsor. Xiao-Gang Wen is moving from MIT to Perimeter Institute as the inaugural holder of the BMO Financial Group Isaac Newton Chair in Theoretical Physics. At MIT, he held the Cecil and Ida Green Professorship in Physics. The position was funded by a CDN$4 million gift from the BMO Financial Group, matched by another CDN$4 million from Perimeter's existing endowment. read more