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Christopher Jarzynski, creator of Jarzynski equality, wins Lee Hwi-so Award
South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT and the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP) selected Christopher Jarzynski, a chair professor at the University of Maryland, as the 2026 Lee Hwi-so Award recipient. The award, established in 2012 by APCTP and the Korean Physical Society, honors the late physicist Lee Hwi-so. Jarzynski is recognized for work in nonequilibrium statistical physics and thermodynamics.
