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Wang Yening
Chinese physicist (1926–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wang Yening (Chinese: 王业宁; 14 October 1926 – 22 February 2019), also known as Ye-Ning (Y. N.) Wang, was a Chinese physicist. She was an educator with a specialization in condensed matter physics. She spent her entire career at Nanjing University and was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991. She was a recipient of the State Natural Science Award (Second Class) and the Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize in Physics.
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![]() Wang at her graduation from National Central University (1949) | |||||||||
Born | (1926-10-14)14 October 1926 | ||||||||
Died | 22 February 2019(2019-02-22) (aged 92) | ||||||||
Alma mater | National Central University | ||||||||
Spouse | Lin Xingshan | ||||||||
Awards | National Science and Technology Conference Award (1978), State Natural Science Award (Second Class, 1982), Golden Ox Award (1994), Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize in Physics (2000) | ||||||||
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Fields | Condensed matter physics, high-temperature superconductivity | ||||||||
Institutions | Nanjing University | ||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 王業寧 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 王业宁 | ||||||||
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