Prof. Henry Yan, Associate Director of EI, has been awarded “Xplorer Prize” by Tencent Foundation

Prof. Henry Yan, Associate Director of EI, has been awarded “Xplorer Prizes” on Friday by Tencent Foundation. The high-profile Chinese Science award was open to Hong Kong and Macao.  Prof. Yan received the awrd for his research in high-performace organic solar cell technology.

Launched in 2018 by Tencent Chairman and CEO Pony Ma Huateng, Professor Rao Yi of Peking University, and over a dozen leading members of the scientific community, the annual, independent, merit-based, public-interest award recognizes inspirational early-career scientists younger than 45 who are working full-time on the Chinese mainland or in Hong Kong or Macao. Fifty Xplorer Prizes are awarded a year.

 

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