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in Zhejiang, China, Professor Academician YANG Yuliang graduated
from chemistry department of Fudan University in 1977 and received
Ph.D. in 1984 from Fudan University. He worked as a post-doctor on
macromolecular science at Max Planck Institute for Polymer research
from 1986 to 1988. In 2003 Professor YANG was elected Member of
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Professor Academician YANG was a faculty member of Fudan University
before he was appointed Vice President for Research in 1999. In
2006, he was appointed Director General of the Department of Degree
and Postgraduate Education, State Council of the People¡¯s Republic
of China. Professor Academician YANG serves as senior advisor to
Shanghai Municipal Government. He inaugurated as President of Fudan
University in January 2009.
The academic interest of Professor Academician YANG is in condensed
matter physics and polymer science. He owns a dozens of domestic and
international patents and serves on the boards of several academic
journals including Chinese Journal of Chemistry and Science in
China. Professor Academician YANG has been rewarded with many titles
and awards from home and abroad, including ¡°Cheung Kong Scholar¡±,
¡°National Scientific and Technological Progress Award¡± and ¡°Qiushi
Outstanding Scientist Award¡±. Professor Academician YANG leads the
National ¡°973¡± Project and National ¡°863¡± Project.
Professor Academician YANG has made major research results in
several fields. He uses the extension and establishment of a new
graphic theory to elucidate the static and viscoelastic behaviors of
macromolecular chains with various topological structures and
copolymerization configurations. By synchronizing the
radio-frequency pulse with rotor positions, a new solid state NMR
method has been developed to explore the correlations between
structure, orientation and motion in macromolecular solids. He has
been engaged in theoretical and experimental research on polymer
physics including phase separation and pattern evolution of complex
polymeric system, polyelectrolyte, polymer membrane, Polymer
Dispersed Liquid Crystals (PDLC) materials among the others by using
the SCFT(self-consistent field theory) and TDGL(time-dependent
Ginzburg-Landau) equations. A complete stochastic Monte Carlo method
for simulating the molecular weight distribution (MWD) of the
products resulted from various complicated polymerization reactions
and related kinetic behaviors has been developed, which can be used
to design the desired polymer chain micro-structures for improving
the various physical properties. His research results were concluded
in a book he edited titled Monte Carlo Methods in Polymer Science in
1993. In particular, during his two consecutive terms as Chief
Scientist of National ¡°973¡± Project, he achieved a vital innovation
in the theoretical development of the stretching flow instability
for polymer thin films. The success does not only solve a
long-standing film-rupture problem which has impeded the mass and
quality production of high-speed BOPP (biaxially oriented
polypropylene), but also leads to tremendous proliferation of
economic benefits and favorable reverberations from the polymer
material industry.
Professor Academician YANG has co-authored about 260 papers that are
cited more than 1,150 times according to SCI and supervised about 30
Ph.D. candidates. He received Science and Technology Progress Award
First Prize in 2003 from China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation and
Science and Technology Progress Award Second Prize in 2004, Science
and Technology Progress Award from Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation in
2007 and title of Outstanding Scientist Award from Qiushi Foundation
in 2008.
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