Research Program and Theme
- Program: Cancer Technology and Data Science
- Theme: Molecular Measurement
Research Focus
Yang Zhao is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Yang’s research focuses on bionanophotonics: inspired by nature, her team develops biomimetic metamaterials and devices to manipulate electromagnetic and acoustic waves. Her team is also passionate about using light and sound to image, sense, and manipulate molecules and molecular interactions.
Learn more about Yang Zhao’s lab.
Other Campus Affiliations
- Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
- Assistant Professor, Micro and Nanotechnology Lab
- Assistant Professor, Biomedical and Translational Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
- Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology