PEOPLE
Distinguished Professor-at-Large
Distinguished Professor-at-Large
YANG Chen Ning
PHONE: (852) 39436146
FAX: (852) 26035616
EMAIL: cnyang@cuhk.edu.hk
OFFICE: Room 352A, 3/F, Science Centre North Block
Education
- PhD, University of Chicago, USA, 1948
- MPhil, Tsing Hua Univerity, China, 1944
- BSc, Southwest Associated University, China, 1942
Position
- 2004-now, Director, Institute of Theoretical Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- 1998-now, Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- 1993-1998, Director, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- 1986-now, Distinguished Prof-At-Large, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- 1966-1999, Director, Institute of Theoretical Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
- 1966-1999, Albert Einstein Professor of Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
- 1949-1966, Member and Professor, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, USA
- 1948-1949, Instructor, University of Chicago
Research Interests
- Particle physics
- Statistical mechanics
- Conceptual history of theoretical physics
Honours and Awards
- 2001 King Faisal International Prize
- 1999 Lars Onsager Prize
- 1996 N. Bogoliubov Prize
- 1994 Bower Award
- 1993 Benjamin Franklin Medal
- 1986 National Medal of Science
- 1980 Rumford Prize
- 1957 Nobel Prize
Selected Publications
- C.N. Yang, “Albert Einstein: opportunity and perception”, speech at 22nd International Conference for History of Science, Beijing, 2005, International Journal of Modern Physics A 21, pp.3031-3038 (2006).
- A.C.T. Wu and C.N. Yang, “Evolution of the concept of the vector potential in the description of fundamental interactions”, International Journal of Modern Physics A 21, pp.3235-3277 (2006).
- C.N. Yang and M.-L. Ge, “Bethe’s hypothesis”, International Journal of Modern Physics B 20, pp.2223-2225 (2006). Scientific and Related Works