Peidong Yang | |
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杨培东 | |
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 |
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.