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Arizona State University

Engineering Mathematics Physics Electrical Engineering Theoretical Physics Mathematical Physics Quantum Physics Machine Learning Systems Biology Computational Biology Ecology

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5.01/5/2026

Inspires growth and curiosity in every student.

4.06/27/2025

Creates dynamic and thought-provoking lessons.

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About Ying-Cheng

Ying-Cheng Lai is a Regents Professor and ISS Endowed Professor of Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University, where he also serves as Professor of Physics. He received his BS and MS degrees in Optical Engineering from Zhejiang University in 1982 and 1985, respectively, and MS and PhD degrees in Physics from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1989 and 1992. His PhD thesis addressed classical and quantum chaos under the supervision of Celso Grebogi, James A. Yorke, and Edward Ott. Following his doctorate, Lai was a postdoctoral fellow in the Biomedical Engineering Department at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 1992 to 1994. He joined the University of Kansas in 1994 as Assistant Professor of Physics and Mathematics, becoming Associate Professor in 1998. In 1999, he came to Arizona State University as Associate Professor of Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, was promoted to Professor in 2001, and transitioned to full-time Electrical Engineering in 2005. Additionally, he held the Sixth Century Chair in Electrical Engineering at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, from 2009 to 2017. Since 2014, he has been the ISS Endowed Professor of Electrical Engineering at ASU, and in 2021, he was named Regents Professor, the highest faculty honor at the university.