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A rising star

Peidong Yang, of the University of California, Berkeley, recently added another prestigious prize to his collection — the National Science Foundation's Waterman award. Nature Photonics spoke to Yang about his latest accolade.

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PEIDONG YANG, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

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Jenkins, A. A rising star. Nature Photon 1, 443–444 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2007.135

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