Dr. Yang Yang is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM), Department of Nuclear Engineering (NucE), and the Materials Research Institute (MRI) of the Pennsylvania State University (University Park, USA). Dr. Yang conducted postdoc research at National Center for Electron Microscopy (NCEM) in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory between Jan 2019 - May 2021. He received a Ph.D. degree from the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT. During his Ph.D. study, he was a visiting student at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) at Brookhaven National Laboratory for more than two years to conduct in-situ environmental transmission electron microscopy studies. Yang received a B.Eng. degree in Nuclear Science and Technology from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2012. Yang’s research interests include advanced electron microscopy characterization of materials degradation under extreme environments, as well as developing advanced computation tools for understanding interfacial dynamics during ion radiation in solids. He is one of the leading developers of IM3D, a full-3D Monte Carlo (MC) simulation tool for ion radiation in matter. He has been recognized with several awards, including the NSF Early Career Award. [Group website: https://www.em2-lab.com/]
