Yang Yang, PhD
Yang Yang, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Michigan State University
Education
Ph.D. Mathematics, University of Washington, 2014.
B.S. Mathematics, Zhejiang University, 2009.
Bio
I received my Ph.D. in 2014 from the Department of Mathematics, University of Washington under Prof. Gunther Uhlmann, and B.S. in 2009 from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China.
From 2014 to 2017, I worked at the Department of Mathematics, Purdue University as a Golomb Visiting Assistant Professor with Prof. Plamen Stefanov.
As of 2017, I joined the Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering at Michigan State University as an Assistant Professor.
Research Interests
Inverse Problems,
Medical Imaging
Data Science
See Research for major research topics in our research team.
Positions and Employment
07/2023-present Associate Professor, Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering, Michigan State University
05/2017-06/2023 Assistant Professor, Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering, Michigan State University
08/2014-05/2017 Golomb Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Purdue University
09/2009-08/2014 Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, University of Washington
Selected Awards and Honors
2023 CAREER award, National Science Foundation
2022 Withrow Teaching Excellence Award, College of Engineering, Michigan State University
2021 Emerging Talents Award, Journal of Inverse Problems
2017 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of Inverse Problems
2011 Academic Excellence Award, Department of Mathematics, University of Washington