Ying-Cheng Lai
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Affiliated Professor of Physics
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287
Phone: (480) 965-6668
Fax: (480) 965-8325
Education
- Ph.D. (Physics) University of Maryland at College Park, 1992.
- M.S. (Physics) University of Maryland at College Park, 1989.
- M.S. (Optical Engineering) Zhejiang University, 1985.
- B.S. (Optical Engineering) Zhejiang University, 1982.
Academic Appointments
- 2001-present: Professor of Electrical Engineering,
Arizona State University.
- 2001-2004: Professor of Mathematics,
Arizona State University.
- 1999-2001: Associate Professor, Departments of Mathematics and
Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University.
- 1998-1999: Associate Professor of Physics and Mathematics,
University of Kansas.
- 1994-1998: Assistant Professor of Physics and Mathematics,
University of Kansas.
- 1992-1994: Post-doctoral Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Department,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
- 1992-1994: Research Associate (part-time), Institute for Plasma
Research, University of Maryland.
- Summer 1995-1998: Visiting Professor at (1) University of Maryland,
(2) Lorand Eotvos University, Hungary,
(3) Potsdam University, Germany.
Awards and Societies
- 1999: Elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
- 1998: Undergraduate Teaching Award, Department of Physics and
Astronomy, University of Kansas.
- 1997: Air Force Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and
Engineers (PECASE). Received
a Presidential recognition in the
White House on November 3, 1997.
- 1997: National Science Foundation Faculty Career Award (One of
eleven selected by the Physics Division).
- 1991: Institute for Plasma Research Fellowship, University of
Maryland.
- 1988: Ralph D. Myers Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement,
University of Maryland.
- 1987-present: American Physical Society.
- 1998-present: Member, SIAM.