Kun Yang (; born 1967), is a Chinese

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...

. In 1994 he got his Ph.D. in the condensed matter theory from the

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. Campuses Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI. *Indiana Universi ...

. Three years later he worked as a postdoc at

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and two years later became Sherman Fairchild's senior research fellow at

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. He joined the faculty of Florida State University in 1999 and since then dedicated his life to study

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s and

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. Currently he is a

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at the Florida State University and is an author of over 80

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ed articles.

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Living people 1967 births Chinese physicists Indiana University alumni Indiana University faculty Florida State University faculty Fellows of the American Physical Society {{Physicist-stub