Dr. Yao received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physical electronics from Peking University, Beijing, China, in 2002 and 2008, respectively. From 2008 to 2012, He worked at the University of New Orleans and the University of Georgia as a Postdoctoral Researcher. In 2013, he joined the College of Engineering at the University of Georgia as a lecturer, as well as the manager of the cleanroom core facility. He is also affiliated with the Engineering Education Transformational Institute and the New Materials Institute.

“The most important thing is to make the student self-motivated. They need to keep a certain curiosity about the world.”