Tong Yang#
| Membership Number: | 6083 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | MATHEMATICS |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CHINA |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.polyu.edu.hk/ama/people/academic-staff/prof-yang-tong/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-9807-7230 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2022 - present Department of Applied Mathematics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- 2007 - 2022 Chair Professor of Mathematics, City University of Hong Kong
- 2002 - 2007 Professor, City University of Hong Kong
- 1999 - 2002 Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong
- 1994 - 1999 Assistant Professor/Lecturer, City University of Hong Kong
- 1993 - 1994 Postdoctoral member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Boundary layer theory
- Boltzmann equation
- Prandtl equation
- Nonlinear partial differential equations
- Kinetic theory
- High Reynolds number limits
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Member, Hong Kong Academy of Sciences
- 2021 Member, The World Academy of Sciences
- 2021 American Mathematical Society Fellow
- 2020 Senior Research Fellow, The Hong Kong Research Grants Council
- 2019 Ministry of Education Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (Science and Technology), China, First Prize
- 2018 Member, European Academy of Sciences
- 2012 State Natural Science Award China (2nd class)
- 2011 Croucher Senior Research Fellowship
- 2005 Changjiang Chair Professor, Ministry of Education of China
- 2004 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, China
- 1998 Morningside Silver Medal of Mathematics, ICCM
