2012-2016，North China Electric Power University，Mechanical Engineering，B.S

2016-2018，Xi’an Jiaotong University，Mechanical Engineering

2018-2022，City University of Hong Kong，Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering，Ph.D

2026 - Pres.，Global Institute of Future Technology, SJTU，Tenure-track Associate Professor

2022 - 2026, The French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)，Postdoc

2025，National High-Level Young Talent Program

2025，Shanghai High-Level Young Talent Program

2025，Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program

2023，RSS Pioneers

2022，Outstanding Research Thesis Award (CityU)

1. Y. Yan*, A. Zermane, J. Pan, and A. Kheddar*. “A soft skin with self-decoupled three-axis force sensing taxels.” Nature Machine Intelligence, 2024.

2. Y. Yan, Z. Hu, Z. Yang, W. Yuan, C. Song, J. Pan*, and Y. Shen*. “Soft magnetic skin for super-resolution tactile sensing with force self-decoupling.” Science Robotics, 2021.

3. Y. Yan, Y. Shen, C. Song, and J. Pan*. “Tactile super-resolution model for soft magnetic skin.” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2022.

4. Y. Yan, Z. Hu, Y. Shen*, and J. Pan*. “Surface texture recognition by deep learning‐enhanced tactile sensing.” Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022.

5. Y. Yan, and J. Pan*. “Fast localization and segmentation of tissue abnormalities by autonomous robotic palpation.” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021.

6. A. Zermane, M. Leo, Y. Yan*, and A. Kheddar. “Minimal impact pokes to place objects on planar surfaces.” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024.

7. Z. Zhang, R. Jia, Y. Yan*, R. Han, S. Lin, Q. Jiang, L. Zhang, and J. Pan. “A haptic-based proximity sensing system for buried object in granular material.” International Symposium on Robotics Research (ISRR), 2024.

8. W. Chen, Y. Yan, Z. Zhang, L. Yang, and J. Pan*. “Polymer-based self-calibrated optical fiber tactile sensor.” IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2023.

9. F. Zhu, R. Jia, L. Yang, Y. Yan, Z. Wang*, J. Pan, and W. Wang. “Visual-tactile sensing for real-time liquid volume estimation in grasping.” IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2022.

10. Y. Yan, and Y. Duan*. “A finite element method of modelling and designing of an ACCC conductor.” In MATEC Web of Conferences, 2018.