Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education
The Ministry-of-Education Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics was originally the Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, a state key laboratory jointly founded in 1989 on the basis of Nanjing University’s Institute of Acoustics by the National Development and Reform Commission, the State Scientific and Technological Commission, and the Ministry of Education with the financial aid from the World Bank loans. In addition, this laboratory was approved to be open to public use by the Ministry of Education.
In 1995, this laboratory became the State Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics.
In 2007, after the laboratory passed the evaluation of the Ministry of Education, it became a Ministry-of-Education Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics.
The laboratory is the only national acoustic training base for the undergraduate talents.
Major Areas of Research
complex structure characteristics of sound propagation
effects of ultrasound in medical life science applications
new materials preparation and characterization of ultrasound
acoustic information processing and applications
The laboratory leads the development of the science and strengthens basic acoustic research. Meanwhile, it extends the scope of the practical application, meets the strategic needs of the country and makes significant contributions to economy and society.
The academic committee of the laboratory
15 professors (including 3 academicians)
Director of the academic committee: Professor Zhang Shuyi, an acoustician and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Deputy director of the academic committee: Tian Jing, a researcher at the Institute of Acoustics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Director of the laboratory: Professor Liu Xiaozhou, a PhD dissertation supervisor
Faculty
41 members
34 professors and associate professors, including:
1 academician
3 Special Professors of the “Cheung Kong Scholars Program”
4 winners of the National Outstanding Youth Fund Award
8 on “the Ministry-of-Education New Century Outstanding Personnel Support Program”
2 winners of the National Excellent Youth Fund Award
Achievements over the recent five years
7 National Program on Key Basic Research Projects
7 key projects supported by the National Natural Science Fund of China
55 other state-funded projects
11 projects supported by the Ph.D. Programs Fund of the Ministry of Education
433 SCI papers, including 1 in Nature Materials, 1 in Nature Communications, 1 in PNAS, 2 in Physics Review letters, 38 in APL, and 35 in JASA
Features
A strong academic atmosphere and an emphasis on international academic exchange
Establishing cooperation with universities and institutes in many countries and regions such as America, Australia, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Singapore and Hong Kong
Having organized a dozen of high-level international academic conferences
Supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, and Nanjing University, the laboratory has possessed advanced research equipment and has become an influential acoustic research base at home and abroad.
