# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tingye-li
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:39:22.412Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tingye-li"
name: "Tingye Li"
slug: "tingye-li"
description: "Tingye Li was a Chinese-American scientist in the fields of microwaves, lasers and optical communications. His innovative work at AT&T pioneered the research and application of lightwave communication, and has had a far-reaching impact on information technology for over four decades."
tagline: "Laser pioneer and optical fibers expert (1931–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tingye_Li.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1931-07-07"
deathDate: "2012-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.27
  momentum:             8.048780487804878
  historical:           6.807884
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8E%89%E9%BC%8E%E6%AF%85"
    title: "厉鼎毅"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%82%DB%8C_%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "تینقی لی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%82_%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF"
    title: "টিং লি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tingye_Li"
    title: "Tingye Li"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tingye_Li"
    title: "Tingye Li"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C_%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "تینگی لی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tingye_Li"
    title: "Tingye Li"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%B9%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%92_%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "ٹنگے لی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1427817"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump