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Nan Yang's research focuses on communications theory and signal processing, including terahertz communications, ultra-reliable and low-latency communications, cyber-physical security, intelligent communications, next-generation multiple access, massive antenna systems, and molecular communications. He has produced 106 journal articles, 65 conference papers, and other outputs. Key publications include "Safeguarding 5G wireless communication networks using physical layer security" (2015, 1083 citations), "Transmit antenna selection for security enhancement in MIMO wiretap channels" (2012, 483 citations), "Terahertz communications for 6G and beyond wireless networks: Challenges, key advancements, and opportunities" (2022, 315 citations), "Short-packet downlink transmission with non-orthogonal multiple access" (2018, 287 citations), and "On the design of secure non-orthogonal multiple access systems" (2017, 241 citations). His impact is evidenced by the IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Outstanding Young Researcher Award (2014), co-recipient of Best Paper Awards at IEEE ICC 2024, IEEE GlobeCOM 2022, IEEE GlobeCOM 2016, and IEEE VTC Spring 2013, IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer (2023-2024), IEEE VTS Distinguished Lecturer (2025-2027), Exemplary Editor Award from IEEE Communications Letters (2023), Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2024 cross-field), and recognition among the World's Top 1% Scientists in Electronics and Electrical Engineering by Research.com (2025). He serves on editorial boards of IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications, IEEE Communications Letters, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, and Frontiers in Communications and Networks, and has co-organized over 30 workshops at IEEE flagship conferences.