Prof. Jiang Tang, a doctoral alumnus of the Sargent group, recently won support from the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars – China.  Prof. Tang is Full Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. The fund, excellence-based and open to Chinese scholars aged less than 45, receives typically 2000 applications in a given cycle, and awards only 200. Prof. Tang was recognized for his pioneering contributions to antimony selenide (Sb2Se3) thin film solar cells.