Professor Yanne Chembo joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in January 2019, with a joint appointment in the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (IREAP).  Prior to joining the UMD Faculty, he was a Research Director at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). There, he led a research group focused on the exploration of nonlinear, quantum and stochastic phenomena in optoelectronics, microwave photonics, and laser physics.

He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA) and the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE).

Research Interests: Nonlinear, quantum and stochastic phenomena in optoelectronics, microwave photonics, and laser physics; applications to aerospace systems, optical communications, time-frequency metrology, signal detection and sensors.