Princeton nuclear physicist, fusion energy expert Liu Chang leaves US for China
Princeton nuclear physicist, fusion energy expert Liu Chang leaves US for China
The brain drain has begun.
What a smart long term move, alienating all the smart people into leaving
The brain drain is almost over lmao. The top researchers at the best funded universities are going but theres been innumerable researchers from smaller departments leaving for a while.
The only thing missing is western professors going too but even if the language barrier was a non factor they don't seem to be in dire need of them.
Smart for the people relying on stupid people to keep them in power
Even if there weren't this overt racism and defunding in US institutions at the moment, China looks like the place to be for applied physics, especially fusion. Three tokamaks in operation right now and another state-of-the-art reactor commissioned and expected to be in operation by 2030 in a country that doesn't seem to be plagued with the endless delays and skyrocketing budgets that western projects always face.
When the big breakthrough comes, you probably want to be around it.
Exactly, China is now massively investing in advanced tech and science, so there are way more opportunities to do interesting things there.
Just going to leave this here: https://sccei.fsi.stanford.edu/china-briefs/reverse-brain-drain-exploring-trends-among-chinese-scientists-us
I'm no nuclear physicist, but I'm heading out with my family. It's a computer science PhD, a applied mathematician with a PhD in education, and kids on track for engineering, history, computer science, art, and mathematics (we have a whole passel of kids).
My university has spent the last four years trying to hire a second faculty member to compliment my skill set and failed every time. I hope they succeed in the future, but now they'll need to hire two people to fully cover the classes.
Where are you heading, if I may ask. Is this something you've been thinking about for a while or just with recent developments? I'm very disappointed that Canada didn't immediately start publicly inviting STEM people north and spending lots to create openings and programs.
My family and I are off to Germany.
After watching a violent coup attempt on Jan 6th, 2020, then absolutely no serious reaction by the US leadership to arrest and persecute the leaders of the coup, I knew it was time to bail. I started writing applications in fall 2020. It took years to get a good spot and to make arrangements with my ex wife over the kids, but it's coming to fruition now.
I put in a few applications with Canada (BC/Victoria), but didn't pursue it too hard. I figured if the US actually went down the fascism route as much as I feared, Canada wouldn't be far enough away.
Is Germany better? Only maybe. They're having a major fascism surge too with straight up neo-Nazi movements, but at least their government had some backbone to deal with it. The US is a fraking jellyfish in the face of open coup attempts so it's done.
A failed coup with no actual punishment is just practice for the next one.
China already has nukes. Come to Canada, man.
Fusion, not fission 😅
So moving straight to hydrogen bombs and skipping the atom bomb stage? That kind of move is always scary in Civ.
Eh, doesn't look like nukes are his specialty. Canada's lack of nuclear weapons isn't due to a lack of technical capability anyways
Brain drain USA let’s goooo