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
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