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From October 15 to 16, Professor Sunil Kumar Gupta, President-elect of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), paid a visit to Samuel C.C. Ting Laboratory.

Professor Gupta toured the Precision Measurement Laboratory, Cryogenic Laboratory, AMS Global Data Center, Low-Temperature Superconducting Precision Measurement Laboratory, and Advanced Semiconductor Detector Laboratory, among other facilities. He held in-depth exchanges on topics including AMS cosmic ray analysis, solar modulation of cosmic rays and space particle radiation research, AMS silicon detector upgrade, and R&D of novel particle detectors. He spoke highly of the institute’s experimental facilities and research capabilities, and put forward suggestions on further strengthening international exchanges and cooperation and driving breakthroughs in frontier fields.

Professor Gupta noted that Professor Samuel C.C. Ting is an outstanding experimental physicist who has long been committed to cutting-edge scientific research worldwide and enjoys extensive academic influence and prestige. As a world-class research institution for particle physics, the Samuel C.C. Ting Laboratory is well poised to make new breakthroughs in the research of major scientific issues.

Wenbin Zhao, Secretary of the Party Committee of Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology, and Weiwei Xu Director of the Particle Physics Research Center, attended the event.