Yang gave an invited talk on our recent research, “Longitudinal Brain Activity Tracking with A Metasurface-Enabled Wireless Implantable Sensor,” at the MRS Spring meeting in Seattle! Thank you so much to the Chairs of Emerging Material Platforms and Fundamental Approaches for Plasmonics, Nanophotonics, and Metasurfaces, Prof. Howard Lee, Prof. Prof. Yu-Jung Lu, Prof. Pin-Chieh Wu, and Dr. Qitong Li, for the invitation and opportunity to share our work!

I’m excited to be part of the collaboration on “Label-Free Dual-Modal Photoacoustic/Ultrasound Localization Imaging for Studying Acute Kidney Injury,” now published in Advanced Science! This work demonstrates, for the first time, that the dual-modality, super-resolution imaging technique PAUL can achieve micrometer-resolution imaging in deep tissue without any labels—a major step forward for noninvasive biomedical imaging.
Check out more details of this work here:
https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202414306

Yang presented two invited talks on our recent research, “Revealing the True Chirality of Molecules ,” and “Understanding nanophotonic chirality transfer using single molecule optical force nanoscopy,” at the SPIE Photonics West conference in San Francisco! Thank you so much to the Chairs of High-Contrast Metastructures XIV (Prof. Chang-Hasnain, Prof. Andrea Alu, and Dr. Weimin Zhou) and Chair of Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics XVIII (Prof. Debashis Chanda) for the invitation!

In this review, we examine nanophotonic techniques for enhancing and detecting chirality, with a focus on plasmon-enhanced, tip-enhanced, chiral optical cavities, and photothermal approaches. These methods, which are based on light-matter interactions, provide high sensitivity with challenges in identifying their mechanisms. We discuss recent biomedical applications, emphasizing the potential of nanophotonics in enabling cost-effective and rapid diagnosis with improved chiral signal detection. The review highlights the future potential of chiral nanophotonics in biomedical applications.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44310-024-00045-2

Yang presented an invited talk on our recent research, “Probing Nanoscale Chirality Using Decoupled Optical Force Nanoscopy,” at the MRS Fall meeting in Boston. It was an incredible event! A big thank you to the EL 08 organizers for the invitation and opportunity to share our work.

Yang delivered an invited talk on ‘Probing Nanoscale Chirality Using Decoupled Optical Force Nanoscopy’ at SPIE Optics and Photonics 2024 in San Diego! Thank you to the organizers of the Enhanced Spectroscopies and Nanoimaging session for the kind invitation!

Yang delivered an invited talk on ‘Nanoscale Extended Chirality Density Enhanced by Plasmonic Nanoresonator’ at META 2024 in the beautiful city of Toyama, Japan! Grateful for the opportunity to connect with leading researchers in metamaterials, plasmonics, and nanophotonics. A heartfelt thank you to the organizers for making this experience unforgettable!

I am thrilled to announce that my students have excelled in securing prestigious fellowships and awards!

• Henry (Hanwei) Wang has been honored with the Paul D. Coleman Outstanding Research Award;
• Shensheng Zhao has been awarded the Elsa and Floyd Dunn Award;
• Xiaodong Ye is the recipient of both the Promise of Excellence Fellowship and the Tadao Murata Graduate Fellowship;
• Binh Minh Nguyen has received the John and Sheila Woythal Scholarship and the Edward C. Jordan Award;
• David Song has been awarded the Frank C. Mock Scholarship;
• Jiho Choi has received the Russell E. Berthold Scholarship;
• Akshat Mehrotra has been honored with the Samsung Technology Track Scholarships;

Congratulations to all the award winners on their remarkable achievements!

Yang receives the 2023-2024 Dean’s Award for Early Innovation – Assistant Professor! This award recognizes exceptional individuals who are working at the early stages of the innovation life cycle to turn their research into products that benefit the world.

Yang receives the 2023-2024 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research – Assistant Professor! This award recognizes outstanding research during the past year and is presented annually by the Grainger College of Engineering.