2026 Stony Brook Trustees Faculty Award
Yifan received the 2026 Stony Brook Trustees Faculty Award in recognition of her excellence in research and scholarship.
Jun, 2026
Yifan Zhou
Assistant Professor
Stony Brook University
Yifan Zhou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Stony Brook University. Her research aims to build real-time grid intelligence for modern power systems under increasing dynamics, uncertainty, and complexity. Toward this goal, her group develops grid-inspired quantum computing and verifiable AI technologies for reliable and adaptive power system operations, with a focus on dynamic analysis, stability verification, and real-time decision-making.
Her work on quantum computing for large-scale power grids has been recognized by several awards, including the NSF CAREER Award (2026), Finalist of Stony Brook University’s Discovery Prize (2025), the Young Academic Inventors Award from the National Academy of Inventors (2023), and multiple Best Paper Awards.
Education
- Tsinghua University | Sept 2014 - Jan 2019
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
- Advisors: Prof. Yong Min
- Tsinghua University | Sept 2010 - June 2014
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering (with highest distinction)
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