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Yang, Wei-Hong was born on February 12, 1946 in Shanghai, China.
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Wei-Hong Yang
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Wei-Hong Yang, American Physics educator. Research interests include plasma-related problems in solar-terrestrial physics, astrophysics and the expanding universe. Research efforts have been focused on finding the simple governing mechanisms in some puzzling astrophysical phenomena. Sml. research grantee National Aeronautics and Space Administration/American Astronomical Society, 1994.
Education
Bachelor of Science Nuclear Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Beijing, 1968; Master of Science Space Physics, U. Alaska, 1981; Doctor of Philosophy Applied Physics, Stanford University, 1987.
Career
Research associate, Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences/Utah State University, Logan, 1987-1991; associate professor, Northwestern Polytechnic U., Fremont, California, since 1992. Visiting scientist Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, U. Alabama, Huntsville, 1991.
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Member American Astronomical Society, American Geophysical Union.
Connections
Son of Chaolun (Yang) and Yajiu Zhan. Married Li Tang, September 16, 1974 (divorced April 1989). 1 child, Ellen.
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American