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Chen-ning Yang

Physicist

Chen-ning Yang is a Chinese physicist (1922–2025).

Chen-ning Yang

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Snapshot as of 15 July 2026

Primary market
People's Republic of China
Field
physicist
Organisation
Tsinghua University

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.

Selected recognition