Shinsei Ryu is professor of physics at Princeton University. He earned a B.S. in physics from the University of Tokyo and holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Tokyo. His research interests include theoretical condensed matter physics, in particular, quantum mechanical aspects of condensed matter systems. His past research efforts include investigations into unique features of quantum systems, such as coherence, entanglement, and topology. He was a professor of physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Chicago before joining the faculty at Princeton University. He has received numerous awards over the years, including the Simons investigator award (2018), Nishina Memorial Prize (2015), the New Horizons in Physics Prize (2014), and the 7th Condensed Matter Science Prize (2012), among others.