When it comes to Yan Ning, who is now 45 years old, many people are no strangers to him, and this person was once known as the goddess of Tsinghua. It is reported that Yan Ning studied in the Department of Biological Science and Technology of Tsinghua University from 1996 to 2000, and then went to the Department of Molecular Biology of Princeton University in the United States from 2000 to 2004 for further study and obtained a doctorate.
Then, from 2007 to 2017, he was a professor and doctoral supervisor at Tsinghua University, and in 2017, he was invited by Princeton University to serve as the Shirley Tillman tenured chair professor in the Department of Biology. In 2019, he was elected as a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences, and in 2021, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. At the same time, in 2009, Yan Ning published 19 papers in the world's top journals such as Nature and Science, and they were unanimously recognized.
What Princeton University did not expect was that Yan Ning had previously claimed that he would resign from a high-paying position in the United States and then return to China to serve. This move is the same as Yan Ning's teacher Shi Yigong, and it can even be said that this is the correct way for Chinese overseas students to open.
In the face of Yan Ning's major decision, netizens have expressed their attitudes: Welcome home, it is not difficult to see that the Chinese people have applauded Yan Ning's return. In addition, after Yan Ning returns to China, he will establish the Shenzhen Academy of Medical Sciences, which means that Yan Ning will use the knowledge he has learned to train more scientists in the field of biology for China. For Princeton University in the United States, this move is no less than a "thunderbolt in the sun".
After all, scientists like Yan Ning, no matter where they are placed, are definitely "fragrant" existences. But as a Chinese, no matter where you are, no matter what kind of career you currently have, you can't stop the sincere heart of serving the motherland in the end.
It is worth noting that Yan Ning has made great achievements in the fields of important membrane transporters and the structure and working principle of voltage-gated ion channels. Of course, Yan Ning is not the first scientist to hold a high-paying position in the United States and choose to return to China to work in the middle of the way. For example, Qian Xuesen Qian Lao at the beginning, then Shi Yigong later, and Yan Ning now. The reason for the return of talents, in addition to the patriotic heart of these scientists, is that with the continuous improvement of China's comprehensive national strength, there is not much gap in many fields, even compared with Western countries.
Therefore, it is natural that there will be a return of talent. In addition, the environment abroad is not good, especially the security and economic environment in recent years, which is not suitable for scientists to wait abroad for a long time.
Therefore, the return of talents seems to be the most correct way for Chinese students to open up, no matter when and where, you must not forget that you are a Chinese. This time, Yan Ning once again used his practical actions to set an example for those overseas students or young people who are preparing to study abroad, that is, there is no end to learning the sea, and there is no end to patriotism.