Dongfang Yang
Dongfang Yang received his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Guelph in 1995. He joined National Research Council of Canada in London, Ontario in 2001 and is now a senior research officer. His current research interests include laser materials processing; pulsed laser, sputtering, and e-beam deposition of thin films; new materials development for energy storage devices; chemical and optical sensor development; and electrochemical studies of organic adsorption and self-assembly monolayers. He is an editor or member of the editorial board for over 11 scientific journals and was listed among the top 2% most-cited scientists since 2020, according to a recent Stanford study. He received the IAAM Scientist Award and Medal in 2021 and was named a Vebleo Fellow in 2022.