Yidong Huang was born in Beijing, China. She received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in optoelectronics from Tsinghua University, Beijing,China, in 1988 and 1994, respectively. From 1991 to 1993, she was with Arai Laboratories, Tokyo Institute of Technology,Japan, on leave from the Tsinghua University. In 1994, she joined the Photonic and Wireless Devices Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, where she was engaged in the research on semiconductor laser diodes for optical-fiber communication and became an assistant manager in 1998. She received “Merit Award” and “Contribution Award” from NEC Corporation in 1997 and 2003, respectively. She joined the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University in 2003 as a professor, and be appointed by the Changjiang Distinguished Professor and the National Talents Engineering in 2005 and 2007, respectively.

    Professor Huang was vice chairman (2007-2012) and chairman (2013-2019) of the Department of Electronic Engineering, and the first founding dean of the Institute for Electronics and Information Technology in Tianjin, Tsinghua University (2015-2019). She is one of the main founders of the electronic information curriculum system of Tsinghua University. Now she is vice chairman of Academic Committee of Tsinghua University.

   Professor Huang is presently engaged in research on nano-structure optoelectronics. She authored/co-authored more than 300 journal and conference papers and holds more than 180 patents. She is the founder of H-chip Tech Co., Ltd, Seetrum Tech Co., Ltd, and Lightfunction Tech Co. Ltd.

  Professor Huang is a International Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering, Fellow of OSA, deputy member of Director Board of Chinese Optical Society, vice president of Chinese Electronic Education Association, and associate editor of ACS Photonics.

    Teaching Courses:

    Solid-State Physics （2011-Now）
         Quantum Electronics (2003-Now)
         Nano-structure Optoelectronics  (2004-2009)