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Prof. Yao Yang
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Atkinson Center for Sustainability Faculty Fellow
Office: G60, S.T. Olin Lab, 162 Sciences Drive, Ithaca
E-mail: yaoyang@cornell.edu
Yao's journey to science and personal growth:
Kavli Foundation Nanoscience Profile and Faculty Profile
In Yao's spare time, he enjoys long-distance biking and downhill skiing and hanging around students
Education
2021-2024
University of California Berkeley
As a Miller fellow at UC Berkeley, he worked with Prof. Peidong Yang at Berkeley Chemistry on developing operando EC-STEM to tackle the fundamental challenges in CO2 reduction to liquid fuels at gas-solid-liquid interfaces in an effort to provide an atomic/molecular-level picture of dynamic electrocatalytic processes with advanced TEM at the National Center of Electron Microscopy (NCEM) and synchrotron X-ray at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) based on Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. More information about the Miller fellowship can be found: https://miller.berkeley.edu/fellowship
2015-2021
Cornell University
Yao was co-advised by Profs. Héctor (Tito) Abruña in electrochemistry and David Muller in electron microscopy, and worked extensively with Prof. Francis DiSalvo on solid-state materials. His PhD work focused on the design and synthesis of precious-metal-free electrocatalysts for alkaline fuel cells and the characterization and understanding of their reaction mechanisms employing operando transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray methods. Yao's PhD work was recognized by the Wentink Award (Highest Graduate Award at Cornell Chemistry)
2011-2015
Wuhan University
Yao was advised by Prof. Lin Zhuang and Li Xiao in Department of Chemistry at Wuhan University on the design of oxygen cathodes of rechargeable Li/Air batteries.
Awards and Honors
2021-2024: Miller Postdoctoral Fellowship at UC Berkeley
2024: Journal of Materials Research (JMR) Distinguished Invited Speaker at MRS Spring 2024 (Symposium ES02)
2023: Best Early Career Presentation at MRS Spring 2023 (Symposium CH01)
2022: ACS AC/DC Rising Stars in Analytical Chemistry
2020: Wentink Award
2020: Cornell High-Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) Student Research Award
2019: Microscopy Society of America (MSA) Student Poster Award
2019: Harvard Rowland Fellowship Finalist
2018: Howard Neal Wachter Memorial Prize
2014: Daoyu Liu Scholarship of Creative Research (6/8000 senior students), Wuhan University