Kiyoul Yang headshot

Assistant Professor, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science

PI of Y-LAB

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Caltech, 2018

email: kiyoul at seas dot harvard dot edu

Web of Science Research ID: AAI‑4141‑2020 · ORCID: 0000‑0002‑0587‑3201

Academic Experience

Distinctions & Fellowships

Publication Metrics

  • h‑index > 30, Total citations > 10,000, average citations per journal article > 100 (source: Google Scholar).
  • 50 peer‑reviewed journals (Nature: 1, Science: 4, Nature Photonics: 9, Nature Physics: 1)
  • A full list of journal publications: link
  • Professional Services

  • Editor for Light:Science & Applications (2023-2028), Nanophotonics (2024-2026)
  • Editorial Advisory Board for ACS Photonics (2023-2025)
  • Guest Editor of ACS Photonics, Special Issue on Optimized Photonics and Inverse Design (2023)
  • Organizer of Symposium on Integrated ultrashort pulse generators (CLEO, 2025), Optical technologies for data center (CLEO, 2026)
  • Technical Program Committe at IEEE Photonics Conference (2019 - 2021), Optica Advanced Photonics Congress (2023), CLEO Pacific Rim (2024), CLEO (2024 - 2026)
  • Regular reviewer for Nature, Science, Nature Photonics, Science Advances, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review X, Optica, Laser & Photonics Reviews, ACS Photonics etc. (part of the extended list is in this link)