Yang Yang (scientist) explained

Yang Yang
Native Name:楊陽
Birth Place:Taiwan
Fields:Organic solar cells, Perovskite solar cells
Workplaces:University of California, Los Angeles
Alma Mater:National Cheng Kung University
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Thesis Title:Photoinduced charge carrier generation and transport in polydiacetylene single crystals
Thesis Url:https://www.proquest.com/pqdtglobal/docview/303998897/85A442B1E3F6439BPQ
Thesis Year:1992
Doctoral Advisor:Jayant Kumar and Sukant K. Tripathy
Awards:Named as one of the "World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds" by Thomson Reuters (2016)

Yang Yang (;[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, American Physical Society, Materials Research Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, and Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.[9]

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.[10] He earned a B.S. in Physics from National Cheng Kung University in 1982.[11] After graduation, he served two years of military service, a mandatory policy for qualified males in Taiwan.

In 1985, Yang moved to the United States to begin graduate studies at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. During his graduate studies, Yang changed research groups and fields multiple times for personal reasons. Initially Yang worked on studying the nonlinear optical photorefractive effect in barium titanate crystals[12] [13] in the Department of Physics, earning his M.S. in Physics and Applied Physics in 1988. 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.[14] [15] 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.[16] Yang's Ph.D. thesis was entitled Photoinduced charge carrier generation and transport in polydiacetylene single crystals.

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).

Yang began his independent academic career in 1997 as an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles.[17] He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1998, and full Professor in 2002. In 2010, he was appointed the Carol and Lawrence E. Tannas Jr. Endowed Chair in Engineering.[18]

From 2019 to 2020, Yang served as the founding Dean of the School of Engineering at Westlake University in Hangzhou, China.[19]

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.[20] [21] [22] [23] [24] His work has been featured on mainstream news outlets such as NPR,[25] Bloomberg,[26] Time Magazine,[27] USA Today,[28] the LA Times,[29] and the New York Times.[30] Other awards that Yang has received include:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-02-11. UCLA台裔教授楊陽 開發鈣鈦礦太陽能電池材料獲重大突破 - 生活 (UCLA Taiwanese Professor Yang Yang has made a major breakthrough in the development of perovskite solar cell materials). 2021-06-03. 自由時報電子報 (Liberty Times). zh-Hant-TW.
  2. Web site: Yang Yang. UCLA Samueli School of Engineering Profile. 2021-06-03. en-US.
  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. en. 6. 3. 180–185. 10.1038/nphoton.2011.356. 2012NaPho...6..180D. 40653460 . 1749-4893.
  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. en. 4. 1. 1446–. 10.1038/ncomms2411. 23385590. 2041-1723. 3660643. 2013NatCo...4.1446Y.
  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. 10.1021/nn406020d. 24386933. 1936-0851.
  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. en. 11. 1. 75–81. 10.1038/nnano.2015.230. 26457966. 2016NatNa..11...75Y. 1748-3395.
  7. Web site: UCLA Samueli Newsroom. Jan 26, 2016. Yang Yang named one of 'World's Most Influential Scientific Minds'. 2020-12-23. en-US.
  8. Web site: 19 Jan 2016. 'World's most influential scientific minds' revealed. 2021-06-04. optics.org.
  9. Web site: Complete List Fellows. 2020-12-22. spie.org.
  10. Web site: Troeger. Anna. 2020-08-17. Yang Yang: Challenges and opportunities always go hand-in-hand. 2021-06-03. Advanced Science News. en-US.
  11. Yang. Yang. 2019-08-07. Yang Yang Lab: Two Decades in the Making. Matter. English. 1. 2. 312–316. 10.1016/j.matt.2019.07.008. 2590-2393. free.
  12. 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. en. 5. 8. 1702. 10.1364/JOSAB.5.001702. 1988JOSAB...5.1702S. 0740-3224.
  13. 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.
  14. 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. 10.1063/1.102950. 1990ApPhL..56.2222Y. 0003-6951.
  15. Book: Mil'shtein. S.. Borenstein. J.T.. Hanoka. J.I.. Yang. Y.. IEEE Conference on Photovoltaic Specialists . DLTS study of EFG solar cells . 1990. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/111715. 721–725 vol.1. 10.1109/PVSC.1990.111715. 122493721.
  16. Photoinduced charge carrier generation and transport in polydiacetylene single crystals. 1991. English. Yang. Yang. 26756819.
  17. Web site: Yang Yang named one of 'World's Most Influential Scientific Minds'. 2021-06-03. UCLA. en-US.
  18. Web site: Professor Yang Yang named to UCLA's Tannas Endowed Chair in Engineering. 2021-06-03. en-US.
  19. Web site: Feng. Yi. December 17, 2019. Westlake University welcomes all three deans.
  20. Web site: Schelenz. Robyn. 2016-02-10. UC faculty rank first among Highly Cited Researchers. 2021-06-04. University of California. en.
  21. Web site: UCLA Newsroom. Dec 7, 2017. Professor Yang Yang among 30 UCLA faculty on Thomson Reuters' list of 'most cited' influential scholars MSE. 2021-06-04. UCLA Samueli School Of Engineering. en-US.
  22. Web site: November 27, 2018. Clarivate Analytics' Highly Cited Researchers 2018 UCLA Chemistry and Biochemistry. 2021-06-04. www.chemistry.ucla.edu.
  23. Web site: UCLA Samueli Newsroom. Nov 19, 2019. 2019 Highly Cited Researchers Announced. 2020-12-23. en-US.
  24. Web site: Gordy. Max. November 23, 2020. 10 CNSI Members named among world's most influential researchers. 2021-06-04. California NanoSystems Institute. en-US.
  25. Web site: Ydstie. John. August 21, 2011. Solar-Charged Phones Without A 93-Million-Mile Cord. 2021-06-03. NPR.org. en.
  26. News: Goossens. Ehren. July 24, 2012. Clear Solar Film Means Power From Windows, UCLA Says. Bloomberg News. https://web.archive.org/web/20150710184409/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-07-24/clear-solar-film-means-power-from-windows-ucla-says. July 10, 2015.
  27. Peckham, Matt. July 24, 2012. Windows that Generate Electricity from Invisible Light? Is This the Future or What?. November 9, 2012. Time.
  28. Web site: Vergano. Dan. December 22, 2012. Mars, Maya and God particles: Science rocked in 2012. 2021-06-03. USA TODAY. en-US.
  29. Web site: Kuipers. Dean. 2012-07-28. UCLA's new transparent solar film could be game-changer. 2021-06-03. Los Angeles Times. en-US.
  30. Web site: Howell. Katie. July 8, 2009. Breakthrough Reported on Low-Cost Alternative to Silicon Solar Cells - NYTimes.com. 2021-06-03. archive.nytimes.com.
  31. Web site: Sustainable Energy Award. 2020-12-21. Royal Society of Chemistry. en-GB.
  32. Web site: Distinguished Alumni Award. 2020-12-23. secr.ncku.edu.tw.
  33. Web site: 2016 Convention 南加州中華科工學會 CESASC. 2020-12-23. www.cesasc.org.
  34. Web site: Stuart. Wolpert. November 26, 2019. Six professors named 2019 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2020-04-08. UCLA. en-US.
  35. Web site: Kisliuk. Bill. October 19, 2015. Yang named a fellow of American Physical Society. 2020-12-23. UCLA. en-US.
  36. Web site: 2015 MRS Fellows. 2020-12-23. www.mrs.org.
  37. Web site: Bill. Kisliuk. February 2, 2015. Professors Yang, Kaner named to Royal Society of Chemistry. 2020-12-23. UCLA. en-US.

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