Yet-Ming Chiang


Yet-Ming Chiang, Sc.D. is an American materials scientist and engineer currently the Kyocera Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been influential in the development of new materials for energy storage, transfer, and power of a variety of different devices and vehicles.

Background and Career

Chiang was born in Taiwan in 1958, and emigrated to the United States in 1964. His SB and Sc.D. degrees, 1980 and 1985 respectively, are both from MIT.
He is the author of over 200 peer-reviewed publications and holds over 30 patents.
Chiang was the postdoctoral advisor for L'Oreal Awardee Dorthe Ravnsbæk.

Entrepreneurship

Chiang has founded or provides expert consultation to a number of companies in the materials and energy storage spaces, including: