The recipient of 2020 Lee Hsun Lecture Series—Lee Hsun Lecture Award, Prof. Claudia Felser from Max Planck Institute Chemical Physics of Solids, visited Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMR, CAS) from October 17 to 18，2024. 

During the visit, Prof. Claudia Felser gave a lecture entitled "Topology and Chirality". In her report, Prof. Claudia Felser elaborated in detail on the understanding of quantum materials from the perspectives of topological theory and chiral symmetry. The report was met with a warm response from the attending scientific staff and graduate students, who engaged in lively discussions with Prof. Claudia Felser on related issues.

During her visit, Prof. Claudia Felser had in-depth exchanges with scientific staff from the Functional Materials and Devices Division and the Material Design and Computation Division on issues related to quantum transport in magnetic topological materials quantum transport, topological catalysis, and kagome lattice materials..

Prof. Claudia Felser is currently Director of the Max Planck Institute for Solid-State Chemical Physics, Vice-President of the Max Planck Society, Member of the German Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Sciences and Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Engineering. Her research focuses on the frontiers of novel topological quantum materials, magnetic materials, thermoelectric materials and topological chemistry. She enjoys an important international influence and reputation in related fields. Prof. Claudia Felser has received several important international awards, including the 2019 APS James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials, and the 2022 Max Born Medal jointly awarded by the German Physical Society and the Royal Society of Physics.

Prof. LIU Gang, Director of IMR presents the plaque of Lee Hsun Lecture Series to Prof. Claudia Felser. (Image by IMR)

Prof. Claudia Felser delivers a lecture. (Image by IMR)