Yang Yang

Yang Yang received B.S. degrees both in chemistry and in physics from Peking University in 2011. He is a graduate student pursuing his Ph.D. in chemistry at Duke University. He is affiliated with the theory group guided by Professor Weitao Yang. He mainly works on the method development on particle-particle random phase approximation to study excitation problems.

Research Interests

• Quantum chemistry
• Density Functional Theory

Honors & Awards
Paul M. Gross Fellowship, Duke University (2013)

5 most relevant publications

• Yang Yang, Degao Peng, Ernest Davidson, Weitao Yang, “Singlet-triplet energy gaps for diradicals from particle-particle random phase approximation”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 19, 4923 (2015)
• Yang Yang, Degao Peng, Jianfeng Lu, and Weitao Yang, "Excitation energies from particle-particle random phase approximation: Davidson algorithm and benchmark studies" J. Chem. Phys. 141, 124104 (2014) 
• Yang Yang, Helen van Aggelen, and Weitao Yang, “Double, Rydberg and charge transfer excitations from pairing matrix fluctuation and particle-particle random phase approximation” J. Chem. Phys. 139, 224105 (2013)
• Yang Yang, Helen van Aggelen, and Weitao Yang, “Benchmark tests and spin adaptation for the particle-particle random phase approximation” J. Chem. Phys. 139, 174110 (2013)
• Helen van Aggelen, Yang Yang, and Weitao Yang, “Exchange-correlation energy from pairing matrix fluctuation and the particle-particle random phase approximation” Phys. Rev. A 88, 030501 (2013)