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Wilson Ho Says He Wants to Help Boost UCI to Top Level Among Universities
The University of California, Irvine, managed a coup in grabbing top physicist Wilson Ho from Cornell University and bringing him on board this fall as a Donald Bren Professor of physics, astronomy and chemistry.
But Ho thinks he made a good move of his own.
"UCI is on the verge of a tremendous second phase of growth," said Ho. `"To be part of that is an exciting thing, and the people here are fantastic to work with."
The Taiwanese physicist is widely regarded as one of the world's leading experts on condensed matter physics and chemistry, commonly referred to as nanoscience.
"There's a very strong interaction between the chemistry and physics departments here," he said. "And that's very attractive to me, especially because my research is...