About Me

“Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light.” — George Eastman

I am looking for motivated Ph.D. students and postdocs to join my research group. If you are interested in working with me, please feel free to reach out at yuyang.wang [at] uconn [dot] edu.

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I am an Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Connecticut. I design large-scale integrated photonic systems to transform future computing paradigms. Addressing communication bottlenecks in AI/machine learning applications through embedded photonic I/O and heterogeneous integration, I aim to redefine chip-to-chip connectivity with unparalleled density and novel functionalities beyond data communication.

Prior to joining UConn, I was a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Lightwave Research Laboratory at Columbia University in the City of New York, supervised by Prof. Keren Bergman.

I obtained my Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 2021, co-advised by Prof. Kwang-Ting Cheng and Prof. John E. Bowers. I earned my B.Eng. degree in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2015.

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