Peidong Yang
Peidong Yang is a Chinese physicist.
Yang received the B. S. of Chemistry at the Chinese University of Science and Technology. In 1997 he received a Ph.D. from Harvard University in chemistry in 1999 and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California.
His research interests are one-dimensional nanostructures.
Awards
- 2008 Scientific American 50 Award
- 2007 Max Planck Lectureship, Max Planck Institute
- 2007 Alan T. Waterman Award, NSF
- 2006 Molecular Science Forum Professorship, Institute of Chemistry
- 2006 Yangtze Scholar Chinese, Ministry of Education
- 2006 McElvain Lectureship, University of Wisconsin
- 2005 ACS Award in Pure Chemistry
- 2004 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics
- 2004 Outstanding Young Investigator Award, MRS
- 2004 Camille Dreyfus Teacher - Scholar Award
- 2004 UOP / Honeywell Invitational Lectureship, UOP
- 2004 Young Professor Award, Dupont
- 2003 Outstanding Performance Award, LBNL
- 2003 tech. Review TR 100, MIT
- 2003 First Chair Nanoscience Subdivision, ACS
- 2003 ChevronTexaco Chair in Chemistry, Berkeley
- 2002 Research Fund Lectureship, Texas Christian University
- 2002 Beckman Young Investigator Award
- 2001 ExxonMobil Solid State Chemistry Award, ACS
- 2001 Hellman Award
- 2001 CAREER Award, NSF
- 2001 Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
- 2001 Research Innovation Award
- 2000 untenured Faculty Award 3M
- 1999 Dreyfus New Faculty Award