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

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