• School of Engineering PhD Research Excellence Award, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), 2017

• PIERS Young Scientist Award, 2018

• Rising Stars Women in Engineering Asia , 2018

• Rising Stars Women in EECS, 2020

• OGC Best Young Scientist Award, 2021

• CLEO Tingye Li Innovation Prize, 2021

• Rising stars of Light , 2022

• Optica Ambassador, 2024

• IEEE Photonics Society Young Investigator Award, IEEE, 2025

• Sony Women in Technology Award with Nature, Sony and Nature, 2025

Five Selected Publications in KAUST

1. B. Dong, Y. Wan*, W. W. Chow, C. Shang, A. Prokoshin, R. Koscica. H, Wang, J. E. Bowers, “Turnkey locking of quantum-dot lasers directly grown on Si”, Nature Photonics, 1-8, 2024 (*corresponding author, Impact: 32.3)

2. Z. Zhou, X. Ou, Y. Fang, E. Alkhazraji, R. Xu, Y. Wan*, J. E. Bowers, “Prospects and applications of on-chip lasers”, Elight 3 (1), 1-25, 2023. (Featured by Light: Science & Applications, *corresponding author, Impact: 27.2).

3. A. Prokoshin, M. Gehl, S. E. Madaras, W. W. Chow, Y. Wan*, “Ultra-narrow-linewidth hybrid-integrated self-injection locked laser at 780 nm”, Optica, 11(7), 1024-1029, 2024. (*corresponding author, Impact: 8.4).

4. E. Alkhazraji, W. W. Chow, F. Grillot, J. E. Bowers, Y. Wan* “Linewidth narrowing in self-injection-locked on-chip lasers”, Light: Science & Applications. 12(1), 162, 2023. (*corresponding author, Impact: 20.26).

5. A. Prokoshin, W. W. Chow, B. Dong, F. Grillot, J. E. Bowers, Y. Wan*, “Linewidth narrowing in self-injection locked lasers: effects of quantum confinement”, APL Photonics, 9(8), 2024.

Selected Publications before joining KAUST.

1. Y. Wan, C. Xiang, J. Guo, R. Koscica, MJ Kennedy, J. Selvidge, Z. Zhang, L. Chang, W. Xie, D.Huang, A. C. Gossard, and J. E. Bowers*, “High speed evanescent quantum-dot lasers on Si”, Laser & Photonics Reviews 2100057, 2021. (Front cover)

2. Y. Wan, J. Norman, Y. Tong, MJ Kennedy, W. He, J. Selvidge, C. Shang, M. Dumont, A. Malik, H. K. Tsang, A. C. Gossard, and J. E. Bowers*, “1.3 µm quantum-dot distributed feedback lasers directly grown on (001) Si”, Laser & Photonics Reviews. 14 (7), 2070042, 2020. (Back cover)

3. Y. Wan, C. Shang, J. Huang, Z. Xie, A. Jain, D. Inoue, B. Chen, J. Norman, A. C. Gossard, and J. E. Bowers*, “Low-dark current 1.55 μm InAs quantum dash waveguide photodiodes”, ACS nano 14(3), 3519-3527, 2020.

4. Y. Wan, S. Zhang, J. Norman, MJ Kennedy, W. He, Y. Tong, C. Shang, J. He, H. K. Tsang, A. C. Gossard, and J. E. Bowers*, “Directly modulated single-mode tunable quantum dot lasers at 1.3 µm”, Laser & Photonics Reviews. 14(3), 1900348, 2020. (Back cover)

5. Y. Wan, S. Zhang, J. Norman, MJ Kennedy, W. He, S. Liu, C. Xiang, C. Shang, J. He, A. C. Gossard, and J. E. Bowers*, “Tunable quantum dot lasers directly grown on silicon”, Optica, 6(11), 1394-1400 (2019).

6. Y. Wan, J. Norman, Q. Li, MJ. Kennedy, D. Liang, C. Zhang, D. Huang, Z. Zhang, A. Y. Liu, A. Torres, D. Jung, A. C. Gossard, E. L. Hu, K. M. Lau, and J. E. Bowers*, “1.3 µm submilliamp threshold quantum dot micro-lasers on Si”, Optica, 4(8), 940-944 (2017). (Front cover)

7. Y. Wan, D. Jung, C. Shang, N. Collins, I. Macfarlane, J. Norman, M. Dumont, A. C. Gossard, and J. E. Bowers*, “Low-threshold continuous-wave operation of electrically-pumped 1.55 μm InAs quantum dash microring lasers”, ACS Photonics, 6 (2), pp 279–285 (2019).

8. Y. Wan, D. Innoue, D. Jung, J. Norman, C. Shang, A. C. Gossard, and J. E. Bowers*, “Directly modulated quantum dot lasers on silicon with a milliamp threshold and high temperature stability”, Photonics Research, 6(8), 776-781 (2018). (Front cover)

9. Y. Wan, C. Shang, J. Norman, B. Shi, Q. Li, N Collins, M Dumont, K. M. Lau, A. C. Gossard, and J. E. Bowers*, “Low threshold quantum dot lasers directly grown on unpatterned quasi-nominal (001) Si”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 26, 1-9, 2020.

10. Y. Wan, Q. Li, A. Y. Liu, A. C. Gossard, J. E. Bowers, E. L. Hu, and K. M. Lau*, “Optically pumped 1.3 μm room-temperature InAs quantum-dot micro-disk lasers directly grown on (001) silicon,” Optics Letters, 41(7), 1664-1667 (2016). (15 most cited articles published in Optics Letters between 2016 and 2018)

11. Y. Wan, Q. Li, A. Y. Liu, A. C. Gossard, J. E. Bowers, E. L. Hu, K. M. Lau*, “Temperature characteristics of epitaxially grown InAs quantum dot micro-disk lasers on silicon for on-chip light sources” Applied Physics Letters, 109 (1), 011104 (2016). (Front cover and most highly read paper of 2016 by Applied Physics Letter)

12. Y. Wan, Z. Zhang, R. Chao, J. Norman, D. Jung, C. Shang, Q. Li, MJ. Kennedy, D. Liang, C. Zhang, J. Shi, A. C. Gossard, E. L. Hu, K. M. Lau, and J. E. Bowers*, “Monolithically Integrated InAs/InGaAs Quantum Dot Photodetectors on Silicon Substrates”, Optics Express, 25(22), 27715-27723 (2017). 

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