Peidong Yang (simplified Chinese: 杨培东; traditional Chinese: 楊培東; pinyin: Yáng Peídōng; born 1971) is a Chinese–American chemist, material scientist, and businessman. He is currently a professor at the University of California, Berkeley (since 1999) and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a Professor of Chemistry and a Professor of Materials Science.[1][2] His research group studies the synthesis of nanomaterials and their electronic and optical properties. He is also a Department Head at the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis,[3] Senior Faculty Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,[4] and Deputy Director of the Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems (COINS).[5] He is an associate editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, an American Chemical Society Journal.
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杨培东 | |
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| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) Suzhou, China |
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| Known for | Nanotechnology |
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| Institutions | UC Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles M. Lieber |
| Other academic advisors | Galen D. Stucky |
Biography
editYang received a B.A. in chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1993. For his graduate studies, he worked with Charles M. Lieber at Harvard University, and in 1997, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Chemistry. He was a post-doctoral fellow with Galen D. Stucky at University of California, Santa Barbara from 1997–1999, until being hired as an assistant professor in chemistry at University of California, Berkeley, where he was granted tenure in 2004.
Career
editYang is well known for his work in nanostructure synthesis and characterization, having co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles. One of his most notable papers, "Room-Temperature Ultraviolet Nanowire Nanolasers", was published in Science in 2001 and has received over 5000 citations.[6] In 2010, Yang was ranked as the top materials scientist and among the top 10 chemists of the decade 2000-2010 by Thomson Reuters, in order of citation impact.[7] As one of the leaders of the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, a DOE Energy Innovation Hub awarded in 2010, he is coordinating efforts to develop materials that use sunlight to convert water to fuel.[8] Since coming to Berkeley, Yang has mentored over 30 graduate students and over 30 postdoctoral researchers.
Business ventures
editHe was a founding member of the scientific advisory board at Nanosys, a nanomaterials company, and he is also the founder of Alphabet Energy with Matthew L. Scullin.[9] He lives with his wife, Mei, and their daughter, Rachel.
Awards
edit- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award (1999)
- 3M Untenured Faculty Award (2000)
- Sloan Fellowship Research Fellowship (2001)[10]
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2001)
- Hellman Family Faculty Award (2001)
- ACS ExxonMobil Solid State Chemistry Award (2001)
- Beckman Young Investigators Award (2002)[11]
- MIT Technology Review TR100 (2003), as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.[12]
- ChevronTexaco Chair in Chemistry, Berkeley (2003)
- First Chairperson for American Chemical Society, Nanoscience Subdivision (2003)
- Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2004)
- Dupont Young Professor Award (2004)
- Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics (2004)
- Materials Research Society Outstanding Young Investigator Award (2004)
- ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (2005)
- University of Wisconsin McElvain Lectureship (2006)
- Chinese Academy of Science Molecular Science Forum Lectureship (2006)
- National Science Foundation A. T. Waterman Award (2007)
- Scientific American 50 Award (2008)
- Miller Research Professorship (2008)[13]
- Columbia University Brian Bent Lectureship (2009)
- MacArthur Fellow (2015) [14]
- National Academy of Sciences (2016)[15]
- Global Energy Prize (2020)[16]
References
edit- ^ "Welcome to the P. Yang Group". The Peidong Yang Group. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
- ^ "Chemistry Faculty: Peidong Yang". University of California, Berkeley Department of Chemistry. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
- ^ "Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis". Solarfuelshub.org. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
- ^ "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory". Lbl.gov. 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
- ^ "Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems". Susanb.physics.berkeley.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
- ^ Huang, M. H. (June 2001). "Room-Temperature Ultraviolet Nanowire Nanolasers". Science. 292 (5523): 1897–1899. Bibcode:2001Sci...292.1897H. doi:10.1126/science.1060367. PMID 11397941. S2CID 4283353.
- ^ "Top 100 Materials Scientists". Science Watch. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
- ^ "California Team to Receive up to $122 Million for Energy Innovation Hub to Develop Method to Produce Fuels from Sunlight". Department of Energy. July 22, 2010. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
- ^ "Alphabet Energy. Thermoelectrics for waste heat recovery". Alphabetenergy.com. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
- ^ "Sloan Research Fellowships". The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
- ^ "Peidong Yang". Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ "2003 Young Innovators Under 35". Technology Review. 2003. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ "All Miller Professors, Sorted by Name". Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science. Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
- ^ "Peidong Yang".
- ^ National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected, News from the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, May 3, 2016, retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ "Announcement of the 2020 Global Energy Prize laureates" (Press release).