Ching Wan Tang

Hong Kong-American chemist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1947 · age 79

Ching Wan Tang is a Hong Kong-American physical chemist. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2018 for inventing OLED, and was awarded the 2011 Wolf Prize in Chemistry.

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2019Kyoto Prize in Advanced TechnologyAward2018National Inventors Hall of FameAward2017IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa MedalAward2014Clarivate Citation LaureatesAwardNick Holonyak Jr. AwardAward2011Wolf Prize in ChemistryAward2010Honorary Doctor of the Shanghai UniversityAward2007IEEE Daniel E. Noble AwardAward1947Born23 July 1947

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Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology2019

National Inventors Hall of Fame2018

IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal2017

Clarivate Citation Laureates2014

Nick Holonyak Jr. Award2014

Wolf Prize in Chemistry2011

Honorary Doctor of the Shanghai University2010

IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award2007

Humboldt Research Fellowship

Fellow of the American Physical Society

Humboldt Prize

About this person

Tang is the IAS Bank of East Asia Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and previously served as the Doris Johns Cherry Professor at the University of Rochester.

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The same award as Ching

Shuji NakamuraBoth received Nick Holonyak Jr. Award

Chenming HuBoth received IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal

Miguel NicolelisBoth received IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award

Stuart ParkinBoth received IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award Tang Hsiang ChienBoth received Honorary Doctor of the Shanghai University Yasuhiko ArakawaBoth received Nick Holonyak Jr. Award