Prof. Dr. Lianshan Yan

Prof. Dr. Lianshan Yan received B.E. and Ph.D. degree from Zhejiang University and the University of Southern California (USC), respectively. He is currently the dean of the School of Information Science & Technology (SIST) and the director of Center for Information Photonics & Communications (CIPC) at Southwest Jiaotong University, China. 

Prof. Yan is a Fellow of Optica (formerly OSA). He is the co-Editor-in-Chief of Light: Advanced Manufacturing (2020-). He received the IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lecturer Award (2011-2013) and IEEE LEOS Graduate Fellowship (2002). He is also the winner of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China and the Chair Professor of Cheung Kong Scholars Program. He was the Chair of Optical Fiber Technology Technical Group of OSA (2015-2018) and an associate editor of IEEE Photonics Journal (2009-2015).