Yang Yang (scientist)

Yang Yang (simplified Chinese: 杨阳; traditional Chinese: 楊陽; pinyin: Yáng Yáng;[1] born 1958) is a Taiwanese-American materials scientist. He is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and Professor of Bioengineering at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he holds the Carol and Lawrence E. Tannas Jr. Endowed Chair in Engineering.[2] Yang is known for his contributions to polymer organic solar cells[3][4] and lead-halide perovskite solar cells.[5][6] He was named as one of the "World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds" by Thomson Reuters in 2016.[7][8] Yang is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,[9] American Physical Society,[10] Materials Research Society,[11] Royal Society of Chemistry,[12] and Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.[13]

Yang Yang
楊陽
Born1958 (age 64–65)
Taiwan
NationalityTaiwanese
Alma materNational Cheng Kung University B.S. (1982)
University of Massachusetts, Lowell M.S. (1988) Ph.D. (1992)
AwardsNamed as one of the "World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds" by Thomson Reuters (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic solar cells, Perovskite solar cells
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Los Angeles
ThesisPhotoinduced charge carrier generation and transport in polydiacetylene single crystals (1992)
Doctoral advisorJayant Kumar and Sukant K. Tripathy
Websiteyylab.seas.ucla.edu

Early life and education

Yang was born in 1958 in Taiwan, growing up in the countryside before moving to Taipei with his family at the age of 10.[14] He earned a B.S. in Physics from National Cheng Kung University in 1982.[15] After graduation, he served two years of military service, a mandatory policy for qualified males in Taiwan.[14][15]

In 1985, Yang moved to the United States to begin graduate studies at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.[14] During his graduate studies, Yang changed research groups and fields multiple times for personal reasons.[14] Initially Yang worked on studying the nonlinear optical photorefractive effect in barium titanate crystals[16][17] in the Department of Physics, earning his M.S. in Physics and Applied Physics in 1988.[2][15] He then continued his graduate studies, using deep-level transient spectroscopy to study charge carrier traps in polycrystalline silicon solar cells in the Department of Electrical Engineering.[18][19] Yang later transitioned to research on the physical properties of conductive polymers in the Department of Chemistry, earning his Ph.D. in Physics and Applied Physics in 1992 under the supervision of Prof. Jayant Kumar and Prof. Sukant K. Tripathy.[2][14][20] Yang's Ph.D. thesis was entitled Photoinduced charge carrier generation and transport in polydiacetylene single crystals.[20]

Career

After graduating with his Ph.D. in 1992, Yang worked as a researcher at UNIAX Corporation in Santa Barbara, California (now DuPont Display Materials).[14][15]

Yang began his independent academic career in 1997 as an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles.[14][15][21] He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1998, and full Professor in 2002.[15] In 2010, he was appointed the Carol and Lawrence E. Tannas Jr. Endowed Chair in Engineering.[22]

From 2019 to 2020, Yang served as the founding Dean of the School of Engineering at Westlake University in Hangzhou, China.[14][23]

Awards and memberships

Yang is a highly cited researcher, and has been ranked a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate/Thomson Reuters since at least 2015.[24][25][26][27][28] His work has been featured on mainstream news outlets such as NPR,[29] Bloomberg,[30] Time Magazine,[31] USA Today,[32] the LA Times,[33] and the New York Times.[34] Other awards that Yang has received include:

References
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  3. Dou, Letian; You, Jingbi; Yang, Jun; Chen, Chun-Chao; He, Youjun; Murase, Seiichiro; Moriarty, Tom; Emery, Keith; Li, Gang; Yang, Yang (March 2012). "Tandem polymer solar cells featuring a spectrally matched low-bandgap polymer". Nature Photonics. 6 (3): 180–185. Bibcode:2012NaPho...6..180D. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2011.356. ISSN 1749-4893. S2CID 40653460.
  4. You, Jingbi; Dou, Letian; Yoshimura, Ken; Kato, Takehito; Ohya, Kenichiro; Moriarty, Tom; Emery, Keith; Chen, Chun-Chao; Gao, Jing; Li, Gang; Yang, Yang (2013-02-05). "A polymer tandem solar cell with 10.6% power conversion efficiency". Nature Communications. 4 (1): 1446–. Bibcode:2013NatCo...4.1446Y. doi:10.1038/ncomms2411. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 3660643. PMID 23385590.
  5. You, Jingbi; Hong, Ziruo; Yang, Yang (Michael); Chen, Qi; Cai, Min; Song, Tze-Bin; Chen, Chun-Chao; Lu, Shirong; Liu, Yongsheng; Zhou, Huanping; Yang, Yang (2014-02-25). "Low-Temperature Solution-Processed Perovskite Solar Cells with High Efficiency and Flexibility". ACS Nano. 8 (2): 1674–1680. doi:10.1021/nn406020d. ISSN 1936-0851. PMID 24386933.
  6. You, Jingbi; Meng, Lei; Song, Tze-Bin; Guo, Tzung-Fang; Yang, Yang (Michael); Chang, Wei-Hsuan; Hong, Ziruo; Chen, Huajun; Zhou, Huanping; Chen, Qi; Liu, Yongsheng (January 2016). "Improved air stability of perovskite solar cells via solution-processed metal oxide transport layers". Nature Nanotechnology. 11 (1): 75–81. Bibcode:2016NatNa..11...75Y. doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.230. ISSN 1748-3395. PMID 26457966.
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  16. Schunemann, P. G.; Yang, Y.; Teng, Y.-Y.; Pollak, T. M.; Wong, C. (1988-08-01). "Effects of feed material and annealing atmosphere on the properties of photorefractive barium titanate crystals". Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 5 (8): 1702. Bibcode:1988JOSAB...5.1702S. doi:10.1364/JOSAB.5.001702. ISSN 0740-3224.
  17. Yang, Y.; Teng, Y.-Y.; Wong, C.; Schunemann, P. G.; Pollak, T. M. (1988). "Measurements of BaTiO3 crystals by two beam coupling experiment". Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 33 (8): 1809.
  18. Yang, Y.; Mil’shtein, S.; Borenstein, J. T.; Hanoka, J. I. (1990-05-28). "Deep levels in edge‐defined, film‐fed grown silicon solar cells". Applied Physics Letters. 56 (22): 2222–2224. Bibcode:1990ApPhL..56.2222Y. doi:10.1063/1.102950. ISSN 0003-6951.
  19. Mil'shtein, S.; Borenstein, J.T.; Hanoka, J.I.; Yang, Y. (1990). "DLTS study of EFG solar cells". IEEE Conference on Photovoltaic Specialists. pp. 721–725 vol.1. doi:10.1109/PVSC.1990.111715. S2CID 122493721.
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  36. "Distinguished Alumni Award". secr.ncku.edu.tw. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
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