The Asian Scientist 100
Wang Yifang
Deputy Director
Institution
Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS
Country
China
Field
Leadership
For leading a large international collaboration that carried out the Daya Bay neutrino oscillation experiment in China, Wang received the 2015 Nikkei Asia Prize in the science, technology and environment category.
(Photo: Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
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