Prof. Dr. Ching W. Tang
Curriculum Vitae of Ching W. Tang
| 1947 | Born in Hong Kong. |
| 1970 | BS (1st Class Honors), University of British Columbia. |
| 1975 | PhD (Advisor A.C. Albrecht), Cornell University. |
| 1975-2006 | Research Scientist, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY. |
| 2006- | Doris Johns Cherry Professor of Chemical Engineering, Professor of Chemistry, and Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester. |
Awards
| 2011 | Wolf Prize in Chemistry, Wolf Foundation, Israel. |
| 2011 | Lifetime Achievement Award, University of Rochester. |
| 2010 | Honorary Doctorate, Shanghai University, China. |
| 2007 | Daniel E. Noble Award, IEEE. |
| 2005 | Humboldt Research Award, Humboldt Foundation, Germany. |
| 2003 | Award for Team Innovation, American Chemical Society. |
| 2002 | Inventor of the Year Award, Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association. |
| 2001 | Jan Rajchman Prize, Society for Information Display. |
| 2001 | Carothers Award, American Chemical Society, Delaware Section. |
| 2001 | Northeast Regional Industrial Innovation Award, American Chemical Society. |
| 2000 | Eastman Innovation Award, Eastman Kodak Company. |
| 1994 | Distinguished Inventor, Eastman Kodak Company. |
Fellowships
| 2006 | Member of the National Academy of Engineering, USA. |
| 2002 | Fellow of the Society for Information Display. |
| 1998 | Fellow of the American Physical Society. |
Patents and Publications
About 80 US patents and 100 journal papers primarily on organic electronics, including the following highly cited papers:
| 1986 | “Two-layer Organic Photovoltaic Cel“ by C.W. Tang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 48, 183. |
| 1987 | “Organic Electroluminescent Diodes“ by C.W. Tang and S.A. Van Slyke, Appl. Phys. Lett. 51, 913. |
| 1989 | “Electroluminescence of Doped Organic Thin Films“ by C.W. Tang, S.A.Van Slyke, and C.H. Chen, J. Appl. Phys. 65, 3610. |