Yanyu Xiong graduated from University of Colorado at Boulder with a B.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science (2017) and is currently a PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her previous research experience includes stretchable bioelectronics, implantable neural probes, and bio-electromagnetics. Her current research focuses on photonics crystal enhanced fluorescence microscopy, biosensor, and DNA nanotechnology. She is a former Coordinator and Vice President at IEEE Macau Section Student Branch (2012-2014) and a current member of the Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS), Tau Beta Pi, and IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (HKN).