Chien-Peng Yuan

Chien-Peng Yuan is a Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Michigan State University's College of Natural Science. He is a member of the CTEQ collaboration and specializes in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) through global analysis of experimental data, focusing on parton distributions within protons and neutrons.

• Educated with a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (1988)

His research enables precise predictions for high-energy collider facilities worldwide. Key contributions include the CT10 and Q-TEA parton distribution function analyses.

Scientific honors include:

• Fellow of the American Physical Society (2013)
• President, Overseas Chinese Physics Association (2009-2010)
• Honorary Professor, Xinjiang University, China (2015)
• Inaugural Wu-Ki Tung Endowed Professor of Particle Physics at MSU (2017)