Chen Ning Yang

Chen-Ning Yang
杨振宁
Chen-Ning Yang; 杨振宁
楊振寧 (杨振宁 Yáng Zhènníng)
	Yang in 2005
Born	1 October 1922; Hefei, Anhui Province, China
Died	18 October 2025 (aged 103); Beijing, China
Nationality	Chinese
Citizenship	Republic of China (1922–1964); United States (1964–2015); People's Republic of China (2015–);
Education	National Southwestern Associated University; Tsinghua University; University of Chicago;
Known for	Yang–Mills theory; Landau–Yang theorem; Parity violation; Yang–Baxter equation; Byers-Yang theorem;
Children	3
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (1957); Rumford Prize (1980); National Medal of Science (1986); Benjamin Franklin Medal (1993); Albert Einstein Medal (1995); Bogolyubov Prize (1996); Lars Onsager Prize (1999);
	Scientific career
Fields	Statistical mechanics; Particle physics
Institutions	Stony Brook University; Institute for Advanced Study; Chinese University of Hong Kong; Tsinghua University; University of Chicago;
Other academic advisors	Enrico Fermi
Doctoral students	Bill Sutherland

Chen-Ning Yang (October 1, 1922 – October 18, 2025),^[1] also known as Yang Zhenning, was a Chinese-born American physicist and mathematician.^[2] He worked on statistical mechanics and particle physics. Yang and Tsung-dao Lee received the 1957 Nobel prize in physics.^[3] This was for their work on parity nonconservation of weak interaction.