After failing to be elected as an academician, leaving Tsinghua, and becoming an academician of the Two Academies of the United States 4 years later, Yan Ning's hard life
If I say, there was a scientist who, in six months, led a research team that successfully solved a world problem that had plagued the world for nearly half a century. You imagine the scientist, he will look serious, or very kind, but definitely not too young.
And what really did this was Yan Ning, a biologist in our country. What Yan Ning did was much more than that. Sackler International Biophysics Prize, "Impact World Chinese Award" nomination, Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences...
On September 10, 2016, CCTV's "Let's Talk" column invited Yan Ning, a great scientist in China's biological community. At the age of 30, Yan Ning was already the youngest professor in the School of Life Sciences of Tsinghua University.
Also in 2014, she led the team to make a major breakthrough in structural biology, advancing Chinese research in this area for at least 20 years.
Yan Ning has become an idol of the people, and Yan Ning has once again gained countless fans with his humor and wisdom in the program of "Let's Talk".
However, in 2017, Yan Ning was hired as a tenured lecturer at Princeton University in the United States and left Tsinghua University.
Many people regret Yan Ning's departure. Many people say that the state did everything in its power to cultivate her, but she left her hometown. Others say she left Tsinghua because she was nominated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2017 but was not chosen because of this. Her departure made people very unhappy because of her lack of patriotism. So, what kind of person is this goddess of science?
In November 1977, Yan Ning was born in Zhangqiu, Shandong. From childhood to adulthood, she is not the same as other girls, not the kind of well-behaved and obedient type, more like a lively boy, jumping in the fields with her friends, climbing trees to catch cicadas, going down the river to catch fish, completely without the appearance of a girl.
Yan Ning said that her family all hope that she can become a doctor, because her elders are all studying medicine, and there are very few doctors in her generation, Yan Ning's parents hope that she can become a doctor, but Yan Ning is not willing to learn. With her own efforts, she was admitted to Tsinghua University as she wished.
Yan Ning was admitted to Tsinghua, and the people around him were not surprised by this. This is the reward that Yan Ning has paid for so many years. Entering Tsinghua is not the end, Yan Ning is facing the second important choice in life, that is, her career.
Her parents suggested that Yan Ning could choose a medical profession and become a well-paid, stable, and decent doctor. But this time, Yan Ning, who has always been well-behaved and sensible, showed a rare perseverance and independence. Compared with her parents, Yan Ning's answer is much more naïve: "What an interesting thing to use experiments and analysis to unlock the secrets of life." This sentence sounds very ordinary, but in fact, it is the door to science.
She completed her undergraduate studies at Tsinghua University and received her Ph.D. and postdoctoral degrees from Princeton University. Later, she returned to China to teach at Tsinghua University. However, she later decided to work abroad and is now a professor at Princeton University and a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences. Yan Ning is overseas, but she has a large number of fans in China, and many people are very concerned about her daily life. As a foreign academician, Yan Ning's scientific research level is naturally extraordinary. And Yan Ning, because of her strength and "resistance", is called the goddess of science by many people.
Yan Ning on the road of scientific research, has been pursuing a greater space for development, she left her refuge, alone to the United States, this is an unprecedented test, due to the failure of academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yan Ning's research ability has been questioned by many people, if Yan Ning is really as capable as rumored, how can it be eliminated?
Yan Ning did not say much, two years have passed, Yan Ning became an academician of the American Academy of Sciences in 2019, this news spread to The country, so that those who have doubts about Yan Ning's ability have a fierce slap, it can be seen that Yan Ning's research ability is really not to be underestimated, the requirements of academicians of the American Academy of Sciences are not low, there is no certain strength, relying on those bells and whistles alone will never be put in their eyes. What is even more surprising is that Yan Ning was nominated as an American academician in 2021, and Yan Ning became the best academician of the two academies in the United States, which is enough to prove Yan Ning's research ability.
No matter where she works, Professor Yan Ning is a scholar, and the graduate and doctoral students she brings are busy writing papers, and as a teacher, she also has her own research results.
Generally speaking, writing an article is to improve your "strength". The quantity and quality of your papers are high, and your position in academia will rise. After that, it may be "relatively easy" to publish the paper, because the influence is very large, it is likely to meet familiar reviewers, and the submission process of the paper will be relatively smooth.
Some people may question that Yan Ning himself is a very powerful scientist, and when he was thirty-seven years old, he led the team to solve the problem that has plagued the biological world for fifty years in this field! Why should she worry about a paper like the average student?
This paper is different from a general paper in that it needs to contain some scientific "ingredients." Although a top scholar like Yan Ning performs much better in papers than the average student, he also has a lot of trouble. Professor Yan Ning recently posted a complaint about her paper on her social networking site. As we all know, writing a paper is to refer to, but Professor Yan Ning is angry, because the submission is not smooth and angry: do you let the citation be cited? I don't send it.
Some experts, who have already established themselves in academia, will use their own strength to force those who publish papers to join their unreasonable conditions, or they will be banned from publishing. This kind of behavior is called "hooliganism" in academia, and many grassroots scholars have encountered it before, and they are helpless about it, and a very small number of people like Yan Ning are not afraid of power and are outspoken.
Yan Ning dares to say so, the main reason is that she has this qualification, other students in the face of such hooligan behavior, will choose to give in, and to solve this problem, the best way is to reduce their academic level, so that their rights are correspondingly reduced, although they can correct, but can not prevent others from publishing for no reason, if they do not have the right to "freedom", how can they let others join their articles?
When some scientists are abroad, they will eagerly change their nationality, but Yan Ning has not changed her national identity, which shows that she also regards herself as a Chinese, and Yan Ning's idea is like this. I hope that everyone will not look at a scientist who has made great contributions to the country as a secular eye and believe her decision.
I have always thought that Yan Ning went to the United States to continue her research in a better learning environment. I also hope that she can continue to move forward in her favorite research direction, and can make achievements in the future and return to China as soon as possible.