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S. Korean Univ. Names U.S. Nobel Laureate as New President
Written: 2004-05-29 00:00:00 / Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
An American Nobel laureate has been named president of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).
The KAIST board announced Friday that 54-year-old Professor Robert Laughlin will be president of the Daejon-based school for the next four years.
A former Stanford University professor, Laughlin won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1998 with Horst Stoermer of Germany and Daniel Tsui of the United States for discovering a new form of quantum fluid.
Laughlin is the first foreigner to become the president of a South Korean university.
The American professor expressed his wish to make KAIST one of the world's leading research-intensive educational institutions.
The KAIST board announced Friday that 54-year-old Professor Robert Laughlin will be president of the Daejon-based school for the next four years.
A former Stanford University professor, Laughlin won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1998 with Horst Stoermer of Germany and Daniel Tsui of the United States for discovering a new form of quantum fluid.
Laughlin is the first foreigner to become the president of a South Korean university.
The American professor expressed his wish to make KAIST one of the world's leading research-intensive educational institutions.
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