Beijing Snares Top UK Physicist to Assist With Hypersonic Weapons Research
Beijing has reportedly lured one of the United Kingdom’s (UK) top physicists and leading experts in the fields of multiscale gas, liquids, and solid systems—critically important for hypersonic research.
Zhang Yonghao, who worked in the UK for more than 20 years in leading universities, also held the Weir Professor of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics chair position at the University of Strathclyde.
From 2020, he was also the Jason Reese Chair in Multiscale Fluid Mechanics at the University of Edinburgh.
In the UK, a chair professorship is the highest academic rank that can be achieved. It is regarded as a prestigious title only awarded to individuals making important contributions to their area of research….