Lu Jeu Sham

Lu Jeu Sham (Chinese: 沈呂九) (born April 28, 1938) is an American physicist. He is best known for his work with Walter Kohn on the Kohn–Sham equations.

Lu Jeu Sham
Born	沈呂九 28 April 1938 British Hong Kong
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	Imperial College London University of Cambridge
Known for	Kohn–Sham equations Density functional theory (DFT)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of California, San Diego

Biography

Lu Jeu Sham's family was from Fuzhou, Fujian, but he was born in British Hong Kong on April 28, 1938. He received his Bachelor of Science from Imperial College London in 1960 and his PhD in physics from the University of Cambridge in 1963.[1]

Sham was a professor in the Department of Physics at University of California, San Diego, eventually serving as department head. He is now a UCSD professor emeritus.[1]

Sham was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1998.[2]

Scientific contributions

Sham is noted for his work on density functional theory (DFT) with Walter Kohn, which resulted in the Kohn–Sham equations of DFT.[3] The Kohn–Sham method is widely used in materials science.[4] Kohn received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998 for the Kohn–Sham equations and other work related to DFT.

Sham's other research interests include condensed matter physics and optical control of electron spins in semiconductor nanostructures for quantum information processing.[1]

References

1. "UC San Diego - Department of Physics". Physics.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
2. "Lu Jeu Sham". Nasonline.org. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
3. Lalena, John; Cleary, David (2010). Principles of Inorganic Materials Design. p. 198. ISBN 9780470567531. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
4. Gross, E. K. U.; Dreizler, R. M. (1993). Density Functional Theory.