Research interests
Dr. Yang has directed the ACEM Core since June 2023. Before Yale, he was an Associate Research Scientist and PI at the Eyring Materials Center, Arizona State University (2020–2023), working on monochromated EELS and energy materials. He was previously a postdoctoral research associate in the DOE Energy Frontier Research Center for Mesoscale Transport Properties (2018–2020) and at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2015–2018). He has more than 170 publications with over 16,000 citations.
He serves as Director at Large of the Microanalysis Society (2026–2028), on the CFN User Executive Committee at Brookhaven National Laboratory (2024–2026), and has organized symposia at Microscopy & Microanalysis since 2022.
Education
- Ph.D., Condensed Matter Physics, Peking University (2014)
- B.E., Physics, Shandong University (2009)