Chen Ning Yang

Chen-Ning Frank Yang
杨振宁
Chen-Ning Frank Yang; 杨振宁
	Yang in 2005
Born	1 October 1922 (age 98); Hefei, Anhui Province, China
Residence	Beijing
Citizenship	Republic of China (1922–1964); United States (1964–2015); People's Republic of China (2015–);
Nationality	Chinese
Fields	Statistical mechanics; Particle physics
Institutions	Stony Brook University; Institute for Advanced Study; Chinese University of Hong Kong; Tsinghua University; University of Chicago;
Doctoral advisor	Edward Teller
Other academic advisors	Enrico Fermi
Doctoral students	Bill Sutherland
Known for	Yang–Mills theory; Landau–Yang theorem; Parity violation; Yang–Baxter equation; Byers-Yang theorem;
Notable 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);

Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (born October 1, 1922),^[1] also known as Yang Zhenning, is a Chinese-born American physicist and mathematician.^[2] He works 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.

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Chen-Ning Frank Yang 杨振宁
Yang in 2005
Born	(1922-10-01) 1 October 1922 (age 98) Hefei, Anhui Province, China
Residence	Beijing
Citizenship	Republic of China (1922–1964) United States (1964–2015) People's Republic of China (2015–)
Nationality	Chinese
Fields	Statistical mechanics Particle physics
Institutions	Stony Brook University Institute for Advanced Study Chinese University of Hong Kong Tsinghua University University of Chicago
Doctoral advisor	Edward Teller
Other academic advisors	Enrico Fermi
Doctoral students	Bill Sutherland
Known for	Yang–Mills theory Landau–Yang theorem Parity violation Yang–Baxter equation Byers-Yang theorem
Notable 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)