In 2019, Yan Ning, the youngest female doctoral supervisor at Tsinghua University, was elected as a foreign academician of the American Academy of Sciences, but this news did not bring flowers and applause to Yan Ning, but ushered in a domestic scolding.
Yan Ning
The bad labels of "traitor" and "white-eyed wolf" were all nailed to Yan Ning.
At that time, Yan Ning was an adjunct professor at Tsinghua University when he left.
So what did she go through, and why did she leave the United States?
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In 1977, Yan Ning was born in a very ordinary peasant family in Zhangqiu, Shandong, and people in that era still had some shadows left by the feudal period in their minds, because Yan Ning was a daughter, and the idea of preferring sons over daughters led to her not being favored by her family since she was a child.
Although growing up in such an environment, Yan Ning did not give up on herself, but instead developed a tenacious and unyielding character, and did not get the recognition of her family, so she let outsiders see that she was excellent through her own efforts.
Yan Ning's efforts and efforts have not been in vain, she has always been at the top of the school, is the leader in the school, parents are also enlightened parents, seeing such a self-motivated and excellent daughter they are also very pleased, and strongly support their daughter to continue to go to school.
Parents' decision and support is Yan Ning's biggest motivation, at that time rural families to train a college student to consume a lot of time and energy, this opportunity for Yan Ning is not easy to come by, she cherishes the time of studying in school, and always maintains excellent academic performance.
Kung Fu paid off, and yan Ning was easily admitted to Tsinghua University with excellent results when he was 19 years old.
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There was a student of Tsinghua University in a small rural place, what a glorious thing, parents were also proud of their daughters, and for a time Yan Ning also became a prominent figure in his hometown of Zhangqiu, and everyone regarded it as a model for learning.
At that time, when applying for the major, Yan Ning's parents wanted her to apply for the medical profession and become a doctor to save her life and help the injured, but this was not Yan Ning's original intention, she did not follow the wishes of her parents to choose the medical profession, but chose the more unpopular biological science.
The reason why she chose this major is also because Yan Ning is very fascinated by the biology discipline, she is very interested in the mystery of life, and always wants to find out.
But there is a discrepancy between ideals and reality.
Before entering the school, Yan Ning chose this major with a love for the biology discipline, but did not have a clear understanding and planning for this major, which led to Yan Ning's study after enrollment was very difficult, and the results of the examination were not satisfactory, although there was no hanging subject, but the passing score line was not very brilliant.
This made Yan Ning a little lost, how beautiful it was when the college entrance examination was first, and now the greater the sense of gap in his heart.
However, this momentary frustration did not knock Yan Ning down, and she began to summarize her shortcomings, re-correct her views on this subject, and greatly improved her learning methods.
During the four years of college, she lived a three-point life, classrooms, libraries and dormitories, she worked harder than ever, immersed in the sea of books every day, Yan Ning's efforts also made her see results, her professional grades are no longer attached to the passing line, but the results of each subject are very good.
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After Yan Ning successfully graduated from Tsinghua University, no reporter went to the society to find a job to realize her academic qualifications, and she chose a longer and more arduous road to continue her studies and shine in the field of scientific research.
At that time, there was still a gap between the biology disciplines in China and other famous universities in the world, and Yan Ning decided to continue her studies at famous universities abroad.
She took a fancy to Princeton University in the United States, which is a well-known member of the Ivy League, and its teaching strength is also recognized internationally, and there are many famous Chinese scientists who have graduated from Princeton University and done research, such as Hua Luogeng, Shi Yigong, Jiang Boju and other outstanding scientists.
It was extremely difficult for such a world-famous school to obtain its admission letter, and it was also very difficult for Yan Ning's strength to pass the examination to obtain the qualification for further study.
Yan Ning submitted a self-recommendation application to Princeton University with a nervous mood, and Princeton University was very interested in the excellent Yan Ning, and it was not long before she received an admission letter from Princeton University.
At that moment, Yan Ning's mood was extremely excited.
Princeton University
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Yan Ning, who studied at Princeton University in the United States, had the honor of becoming a student of Shi Yigong.
Shi Yigong and Yan Ning are also high-quality students graduated from Tsinghua University, through their own hard work and efforts to become an internationally renowned biology master, with the help and cultivation of Shi Yigong, Yan Ning should be the one with the fastest progress.
However, this is not the case.
Shi Yigong
Yan Ning, who studied at Princeton University, is a bit impetuous, which is a taboo for doing scientific research work, and at the beginning of her studies, she also encountered walls everywhere and everything was not smooth, yan Ning, who has been doing research, has not made any progress, and successive failures have affected Yan Ning's mood.
She is also often distressed and irritated by the lack of progress in the experiment, and often quarrels with Shi Yigong over the things in the experiment.
Although Yan Ning's attitude is very bad and her mood fluctuates greatly, Shi Yigong has never given up teaching Yan Ning, she has seen the shortcomings exposed by Yan Ning, and she has also seen the hidden talent in Yan Ning, as long as the correct guidance, Yan Ning will be very good and excellent in the future.
Shi Yigong found in Yan Ning that she had opportunistic behavior, scientific research is a very rigorous thing, can not tolerate a little slack and opportunism, in the long run will not succeed.
Under the guidance of Shi Yigong, Yan Ning gradually realized her own shortcomings and deficiencies, and she began to sink her heart and focus on scientific research without distraction.
Such a little change made Yan Ning quickly get on the right track, and the scientific research that had been stagnant in the past one after another began to make new progress, and within a few years, Yan Ning's experiments were successful one after another, and one professional paper after another caused a sensation and discussion as soon as it was published.
Yan Ning has succeeded through her unremitting efforts, and the success of academic research has made her more and more confident, and she has a clear and clear understanding and direction for her future.
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After graduating from Princeton University, Yan Ning, who has a strong aura, still did not choose employment, but continued to stay in the school for further study, and through her continuous efforts, she obtained a doctorate from Princeton University in 2004, and then obtained a postdoctoral degree from the university.
She also received the Young Scientist Award for North America in 2005.
Yan Ning achieved all these achievements in only 4 years, of course, such achievements are also exchanged for sweat, during this period Yan Ning kept spinning every day, to work for 13 hours, so high-intensity efforts and her own talent made her stand out, leaving the classmates who were walking in front of her far behind.
Along the way, Yan Ning, whose flowers paved the way and applauded continuously, also had the appreciation of many schools and institutions, and threw olive branches to her.
When everyone thought that Yan Ning would stay in the United States to continue her development, she made a surprising decision, that is, to leave Princeton University and leave the United States and return to China to continue her research in the biological sciences.
After returning to China in 2007, Yan Ning served as a professor and doctoral supervisor at Tsinghua University, when Yan Ning was only 30 years old, and she was the youngest and most beautiful female doctoral supervisor at Tsinghua University.
Under Yan Ning's careful cultivation, a total of 7 doctoral students were trained.
Yan Ning has never forgotten that she is a Chinese, nor has she forgotten that it was Tsinghua's alma mater that cultivated her, and she is bent on learning to serve the motherland and repay her alma mater.
The state and Tsinghua University also attach great importance to Yan Ning and invest a lot of money for Yan Ning to use in scientific research.
In 2014, Yan Ning's scientific research team analyzed the three-dimensional crystal structure of the human glucose transporter GLUT1 for the first time in the world, which led the world's scientific research results and made Yan Ning attract much attention.
Subsequent major achievements in the field of biology by Yan Ning are of landmark significance.
Yan Ning's outstanding achievements have aroused great repercussions in the world, and he has been named "Star of Chinese Scientists" by American Magazine.
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In 2017, Princeton University once again extended an olive branch to Yan Ning and hired Yan Ning to be a tenured professor at Princeton University with a high salary.
In the same year, Yan Ning's name appeared in the shortlist of academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, but unfortunately Yan Ning was not elected at that time.
Also in the same year, Yan Ning accepted an invitation from Princeton University and went to the United States again to continue her scientific research.
But she did not resign as a professor at Tsinghua University, but as an adjunct professor at Tsinghua University.
Yan Ning's choice made many people unable to accept this result, thinking that she was a white-eyed wolf and a traitor, and the state gave her strong financial support, but turned around and ran abroad to study.
Yan Ning also carried all kinds of insults from a respected scientist overnight.
For the outside world's doubts, Yan Ning did not explain too much, she concentrated on continuing to engage in scientific research, she has always been a Chinese, even in the United States has not thought of changing her nationality.
In 2019, Yan Ning was elected as a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Yan Ning's research and contributions to the country are indelible, and a scientist who is committed to research should not be blamed and insulted for no reason, they are all people who have made great contributions to the country and deserve respect.