Yang Jianli

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Yang Jianli
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Born (1963-08-15) 15 August 1963 (age 61)
Shandong, People's Republic of China
Alma mater Liaocheng University (BS)
Beijing Normal University (MS)
UC Berkeley (PhD)
Harvard University (PhD)

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