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Deren Yang
Professor, Director
State Key Lab of Silicon Materials , Zhejiang University
China
Biography
Deren Yang, a Cheung Kong Professor, is the director of the State Key Lab of Silicon Materials and Semiconductor Materials Institute at Zhejiang University in China. He received his Ph. D. degree in 1991 and his bachelor in 1985 from Zhejiang University, and then has worked there. In 1990’s, he worked in Japan, Germany and Sweden as a visiting researcher. In 2000, he was promoted by Ministry of Education of China as a Cheung Kong Professor. He received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in China in 2002, and won Award of Chinese Young Science and Technology in 2006. He has engaged in the research of silicon materials used for microelectronic devices, solar cells and nano-devices. He has authored 13 books as an author or co-authors including 5 books in English, and edited 5 proceedings of the international conference. He has published over 550 research papers in international peer reviewed journals, such as AM, Nano Lett. JACS, APL, PRB and et al, with the total of over 7100 citations. His H index is 40. He also holds 86 patents. In the past, he chaired or co-chaired 13 international conferences/symposia and was appointed as the member of international committee of 40 international conferences. He also presented more than 44 invited talks in international conferences. He also is the editors of 8 journals including 3 international journals. He is vice director of China Photovoltaic Association, member of Expert team of Chinese Keystone Special Project, member of Expert team of Degree Committee of China, member of Board of Chinese Renewable Energy Association, member of Board of Chinese Crystal Association, member of SEMI China PV Committee , and chief scientist of a National key project for basic research of China.
Research Interest
Silicon materials, including silicon materials used for integrated circuits, silicon materials used for solar cells, silicon based optoelectronic materials, nano-silicon and so on.