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Chen-ning Yang
Physicist
Chen-ning Yang is a Chinese physicist (1922–2025).
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Snapshot as of 15 July 2026
- Primary market
- People's Republic of China
- Field
- physicist
- Organisation
- Tsinghua University
Overview
Professional record
Chen-ning Yang is a Chinese physicist (1922–2025).
The professional record includes work with Tsinghua University, Stony Brook University, Institute for Advanced Study, and The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Education includes National Southwestern Associated University, Tsinghua University, University of Chicago, and Peking University. Recorded honours include Benjamin Franklin Medal, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Selected recognition
2025
Asia's Scientists 100 2025
No. 74
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2024
Asia's Scientists 100 2024
No. 70
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2023
Asia's Scientists 100 2023
No. 64
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2022
Asia's Scientists 100 2022
No. 30
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2021
Asia's Scientists 100 2021
No. 21
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2020
FigureAsia 2020 Scientists 100
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2018
Asia's Most Influential Scientists 2018
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