Professor Peidong Yang receives Global Energy Prize Professor Peidong Yang received the 2020 Global Energy Prize in the Non-Conventional Energy category for the invention of the nanoparticle-based solar cell and artificial photosynthesis. Congratulations Professor Yang! Please read full article here. Contact Us Department offices are located in 210 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, in the Northeast…

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Professor Peidong Yang Elected to National Academy of Science by Catalina Estrada June 23, 2016 Professor Peidong Yang is one of six UC Berkeley faculty elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) this year.  The NAS is the most prestigious recognition of the contributions of a scientist in the US.  The NAS, along with…

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Professor Peidong Yang wins MacArthur Fellow “Genius” Award by Daisy Hernandez September 30, 2015 The John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation has named Professor Peidong Yang, the S.K. and Angela Chan Distinguished Professor of Energy, as a 2015 recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellows award.  This recognition, commonly referred to as the MacArthur “genius”…

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