Prof. SUEN, Wai-Mo

Prof. Wei-Mo Suen, the Winner of OYRA in 1995, is cited for his innovative investigations in general relativity using numerical techniques, for the discovery and analysis of novel solitonic solutions of Einstein's equations, and for the development of powerful new methods for studying the dynamics of the event horizons of black holes.

Dr. Suen was born and grew up in Hong Kong. After his first degrees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, he studied under Prof. Kip Thorne at California Institute of Technology, where he got his Ph.D. degree in 1985. Prof. Suen is an associate professor at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.

Prof. SUEN, Wai-Mo can be reached at

email: wms@wugrav.wustl.edu
Tel:   314-935-5843
FAX:   314-935-6219
 

Selection Panel: Paul Chu, T.D. Lee, Lu Sham, Tung-Mow Yan, C.N. Yang.