Wang Yaonan (; born November 1957) is a Chinese scientist who is a professor at

Hunan University Hunan University (HNU; ) is a national public university in Yuelu, Changsha, Hunan, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction ...

and the current dean of its School of Robotics and College of Electrical and Information Engineering.

Biography

Wang was born in November 1957 in

Longling County Longling County ( zh, s=龙陵县 , t=龍陵縣 , p=Lónglíng Xiàn) is a county in Baoshan City, in the west of Yunnan Province, China, bordering Burma's Shan State to the south. Its capital is the large community Longshan (). The site of the ...

Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...

. During the

Down to the Countryside Movement The Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside Movement, often known simply as the Down to the Countryside Movement, was a policy instituted in the China, People's Republic of China between the mid-1950s and 1978. As a result of what he p ...

, he was a

sent-down youth The sent-down, rusticated, or educated youth (), also known as the ''zhiqing'', were the young people who—beginning in the 1950s until the end of the Cultural Revolution, willingly or under coercion—left the urban districts of the People' ...

. After the resumption of

National College Entrance Examination The Nationwide Unified Examination for Admissions to General Universities and Colleges (), commonly abbreviated as the Gaokao (), is the annual nationally coordinated undergraduate admission exam in mainland China, held in early June. Despite the ...

, he was accepted to

East China University of Technology The East China University of Technology (ECUT; ) is a public university located in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China. It is China's first university for nuclear industry, affiliated with the Jiangxi Provincial Government, and co-sponsored by the State ...

, where he graduated in 1981. He obtained his master's degree and doctor's degree from

in 1992 and 1995, respectively. After graduation, he taught at the university. He was a postdoctoral fellow at

National University of Defense Technology The National University of Defense Technology (NUDT; ) is a national public research university headquartered in Kaifu, Changsha, Hunan, China. It is affiliated with the Central Military Commission. The university is part of Project 211, ...

between 1995 and 1997. He was a Humboldt scholar at the

University of Bremen The University of Bremen () is a public university in Bremen, Germany, with approximately 18,400 students from 117 countries. Its 12 faculties offer more than 100 degree programs. The University of Bremen has been among the top 50 European rese ...

from 1998 to 2001.

Honours and awards

* November 22, 2019 Member of the

Chinese Academy of Engineering The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE, ) is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China. The CAE and the Chinese Academy of Sciences a ...

(CAE)

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