Yangyuan Wang is the Honorary Dean and Professor of the School of Integrated Circuits at Peking University. He is an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, an IEEE Life Fellow, IEE Fellow and CIE Fellow. His research in the field of microelectronics primarily focuses on new devices, new processes and new structured circuits. He has authored more than 400 academic papers and 14 books, and holds over 130 invention patents. His contributions include 20 major scientific and technological achievements. He has been awarded 21 national and ministry awards, including the National Science Congress Awards, the National Invention Awards, the National Science and Technology Progress Awards, and the inaugural Yuanpei Tsai Award of Peking University. Throughout his career, He has mentored over 100 MSc students, PhD students, and postdoctoral researchers.
In 1958, he graduated from the Physics Department of Peking University and began teaching at the same institution. He was the Director of the Institute of Microelectronics, the Director of the Department of Microelectronics of Peking University, the Director of the National ICCAD Expert Committee, the Director of the National ICCAT Expert Committee and the Director of the National Integrated Circuit Product Development Expert Committee. Additionally, he has served as the Vice Chairman of the Chinese Institute of Electronics. As one of the founders of SMIC Manufacturing Co., LTD., he has served as the chairman of entities and listed companies. He also established the IEEE International Conference on Solid-State and Circuit Technology (ICSICT).
Yangyuan Wang currently serves as the Deputy director of the National Integrated Circuit Industry Development Advisory Committee, the Consultant of the Electronic Science and Technology Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Associate chief editor of Journal of Semiconductors and Journal of Electronics (English edition).