Graduate students and senior undergraduates are welcome to join the team.

Intelligent beamforming and communication/radar

Next-generation mobile communication and antenna systems

Millimetre-wave/terahertz antennas and systems

Novel electromagnetic materials

Journal of Microwaves, Young Editorial Board Member, Jun. 2023–present

IET Electronics Letters, Associate Editor, Jul. 2021–present

IEEE Member (Oct. 2013–Feb. 2023); IEEE Senior Member (Feb. 2023–present)

Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IET Electronics Letters, International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, and others, Oct. 2013–present

VIVO Outstanding Cooperation Project Award, 2025

IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium Best Student Paper Honorable Mention (Student supervised: Ma Xiaoting), 2025

National Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Waves Student Paper Competition Third Prize (Student supervised: Fan Xiaoxue), 2025

IEEE AP-Society Fellowship (Student supervised: Rao Sisi), 2024

Second Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award, Chinese Institute of Electronics (Principal Contributor), 2024

PIERS Young Scientist Award, 2024

Okawa Research Grant Recipient, 2023

Shanghai Science and Technology Commission Youth Science and Technology Rising Star Programme (Qiming Xing), 2022

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation Top Reviewer, 2021

Huawei Consumer BG Hard Engineering President’s Team Award, 2018

Tsinghua University Outstanding Communist Party Member, 2015

Tsinghua University Outstanding Student Leader, 2014

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) Outstanding Student, 2010

1. Education

September 2007 – July 2011

School of Physics and Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

BSc

September 2011 – July 2016

Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University

PhD (Engineering)

2. Professional experience

September 2016 – May 2019

May 2019 – January 2020

Huawei Shanghai

Huawei Shanghai

Senior Engineer (Grade B/16)

Senior Engineer (Grade A/17)

January 2020 – January 2021

vivo Shanghai R&D Center

Antenna Director / Antenna Specialist

February 2021 – present

School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University

Young Associate Researcher

1. Undergraduate courses: INFO130283.01 Antenna Principles (autumn, senior year 1st semester); INFO130037.01 Communication System Experiments I (spring, junior year 2nd semester).

2. Postgraduate course: INFO0737007 Frontiers of Electromagnetic-Wave Information (autumn).

1、Book Chapter (* corresponding author)

[1] Yan Wang* , Xiaoxue Fan, "Recent Advances in the mm-Wave Array for Mobile Phones," (DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.112043) Chapter in "MIMO Communications - Fundamental Theory, Propagation Channels, and Antenna Systems" edited by Ahmed Kishk and Xiaoming Chen - Intech, 2023.

2、journal papers (* corresponding author)

[53] Wang Yan* ，Rao Sisi，徐丰，“Review of recent advances in mobile-phone antennas for direct-to-satellite communication”，Journal of Microwaves，(accepted)，December 2025。

[52] Wenrui Zheng, Yunlai Yang, Yan Wang , Can Ding, Hui Li*, "Turnkey Automated Design of Handset Antenna Systems for Enhanced Cellular and SATCOM Performance Based on Internal Multiport Method," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , in press, Nov. 2025.

[51] Xinnan Liu, Yan Wang* , Letian Guo, Feng Xu, "High-Efficiency Deca-Band Foldable Smartphone Antenna Using Quarter-Wavelength Parasitic Branch," Electromagnetic Science , in press, Oct. 2025.

[50] Sisi Rao, Yan Wang* , Feng Xu, Junyi Wang, Yue Shi, "Mobile Antenna with a Booster Antenna to Enhance Gain in the End-Fire Direction for Satellite Communication in Nona-Band Metal-Bezel Phone," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , in press, Sept. 2025.

[49] Zhao Hu, Yan Wang* , Guomin Yang, "Design of Quad-Band Antenna for Metal-Bezel Smartwatches With Triple-band Circular Polarization in GPS and Tiantong Tx/Rx bands," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , vol. 73, no. 12, pp. 10853-10858, Dec. 2025.

[48] Xiaoxue Fan, Yan Wang* , Feng Xu, "Dual-Band Dual-Polarized Stacked Gridded Patch Array with Wide-Angle Scanning Using Sidelobe Cancellation Technique for Smartphones," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , vol. 73, no. 11, pp. 8933-8945, Nov. 2025.

[47] Xiaoting Ma, Yan Wang* , "Co-design of LTE/MMW Antenna in Mobile Phones with Switchable MMW Beams in the Display Direction Using Chassis Surface Waves," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , vo. 73, no. 11, pp. 9601-9606, Nov. 2025.

[46] Lin Shi, Yan Wang* , "An Innovative Parallel Feeding Approach to Eliminate Radiation Efficiency Local Minimum in Inverted-F Antennas With the Parasitic Branch for Metal-Bezel Smartphones," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology , vol. 74, no. 8, pp. 12703-12713, Aug. 2025.

[45] Xiaomeng Li, Yan Wang* , "Filtering Antenna Design in Metal-Bezel Smartphones with A Small Clearance for Interference Suppression," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , vol. 73, no. 8, pp. 5324-5332, Aug. 2025.

[44] Huici Huang, Yan Wang* , Yu Zhu, "An Ultra-Low-Cross-Polarization Horizontally Polarized Omnidirectional Antenna Using Strip-Line-Fed Structure," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters , vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 2059-2063, Jul. 2025.

[43] Shangyang Li, Xiaoxue Fan, Yanni Wang, Xiaoting Ma, Yan Wang , Wangzhe Li*, "Wide‐Angle Scanning Array With Sidelobe ReductionUsing Single Substrate Layer," IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, vol. 19, pp. 1-8, Jun. 2025.

[42] Jinrui Zuo, Yan Wang* , Feng Xu, "Design of Dual-Band Antenna for Metal-Bezel Smartwatches with Negligible Wrist Effects Utilizing Coupled-Feeding Technique," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , vol. 73, no. 5, pp. 3400 - 3405, May 2025.

[41] Jiahao Wu, Guo-Min Yang*, Yan Wang , Na Yan, and Ya-Qiu Jin, " Metal-Frame Slot Antenna With a Small Ground Clearance for the Wi-Fi 6E Operation in Laptop Applications ," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , vol. 73, no. 5, pp. 3394 - 3399, May 2025.

[40] Sisi Rao, Yan Wang* , Feng Xu, Junyi Wang, Yue Shi, Yongjian Han, "Dual-Band Circularly Polarized Antenna with Circular Polarization in the End-Fire Direction in Metal-Bezel Smartphones for n256-band Direct Phone-to-Satellite Communication," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , vol. 73, no. 4, pp. 2385-2394, Apr. 2025. ( IEEE TAP feature article )

[39] Xiaoting Ma, Yan Wang* , "A shared aperture antenna for LTE/mmWave mobile phones with strengthened mmWave dual-polarized radiation in the front-side direction," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters , vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 4238-4242, Dec. 2024.

[38] Wei Tang, Jiangwei Sui*, Yan Wang , Du Li, Junru Li, and Xiangwei Zhu, "Dual-band and wideband self-decoupled MIMO antenna with four hybrid modes," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters , vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 3272 - 3276, Oct. 2024.

[37] Sisi Rao, Yan Wang* , "Design of octa-band mobile antenna in metal-bezel smartphone with wide beam-width in the end-fire direction for n256-band satellite communication," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , vol. 72, no. 9, pp. 7335-7340, Sept. 2024.

[36] Yan Wang , Libin Sun*, Zhengwei Du, Zhijun Zhang*, "Antenna Design for Modern Mobile Phones: A Review," Electromagnetic Science , vol. 2, no. 2, 0060521, June 2024.

[35] Xiaomeng Li, Yan Wang* , " A Triple-Port, Triple-Band Wi-Fi Antenna Covering the 2.4/5/6 GHz Bands With a Small Clearance and High Isolation for Metal-Bezel Smartphones, " IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters , vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 1814-1818, Jun. 2024.

[34] Yuanyuan Liu, Yan Wang* , "A Small Size, High Gain, Radiation Pattern Reconfigurable Fabry–Pérot Cavity Antenna for 5G Communication," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters , vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 1690-1694 , Jun. 2024.

[33] Sisi Rao, Yan Wang* , "Shared-Aperture Design of the Cellular Antenna and Satellite Communication Antenna with Circular Polarization in S-band for Metal-Bezel Smartphones," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , vol. 72, no. 5, pp. 3938-3949, May 2024.

[32] Wangxian Zhao, Yan Wang* , "A Shared-Branch Eleven-Band Mobile Antenna with A 0.5 mm Clearance for Metal-Bezel Mobile Phones Covering All the 4G LTE and 5G NR Bands," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , vol. 72, no. 4, pp. 3748-3753, Apr. 2024.

[31] Yuanyuan Liu, Yan Wang* , "Low-Profile Dual-polarized Pattern Reconfigurable Antenna with Independent Beam Control Capability in both Polarizations for Indoor Application," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters , vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 1231-1235, Apr. 2024.

[30] Zhensen Xu, Yan Wang* , "Design of Triple-band Antenna for Metal-Bezel Smartwatches with Circular Polarization in both GPS L5/L1 bands," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 2926-2931, Mar. 2024.

[29] Xiaoxue Fan, Yan Wang* , "Compact Wide-Beam Scanning Dual-Polarized mmWave Array for Mobile Terminals," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters , vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 763-767, Feb. 2024.

[28] Huici Huang, Yan Wang* , "Performance Improvement of Ear-Bar TWS Earphone Antenna Using Parasitic Metal," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters , vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 2788-2792, Dec. 2023.

[27] Wangxian Zhao, Yan Wang* , "A reconfigurable antenna with one slit and a small clearance for nona-band metal-bezel mobile phones," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , vol. 71, no. 9, pp. 7172-7183, Sept. 2023.

[26] Huici Huang, Yan Wang* , Jian Luo, "Analysis and design of compact and high-performance ear-bar TWS earphone antenna with characteristic mode analysis," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , vol. 71, no. 9, pp. 7091-7101, Sept. 2023.

[25] Shangyang Li, Yan Wang* , Feng Xu, "Two-bit planar coding reconfigurable array antenna for dual-polarized wide-angle beam scanning," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , vol. 71, no. 9, pp. 7667-7672, Sept. 2023.

[24] Xiaoxue Fan, Yan Wang* , "Compact millimeter-wave array with wide-angle scanning for mobile phones," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , vol. 71, no. 8, pp. 6983-6991, Aug. 2023.

[23] Yan Wang* , Feng Xu, "Shared-aperture 4G LTE and 5G mm-wave antenna in mobile phones with enhanced mm-wave radiation in the display direction," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , vol. 71, no. 6, pp. 4772-4782, Jun. 2023.

[22] Zhensen Xu, Yan Wang* , "Design of dual-band antenna for metal-bezel smartwatches with circular-polarization in GPS band and low wrist effect," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , vol. 71, no. 6, pp. 4651-4662, Jun. 2023. ( IEEE TAP feature article )

[21] Shangyang Li, Yan Wang* , Feng Xu, "One-bit coding reconfigurable array for two-dimensional wide-angle scanning," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 2421-2432, Mar. 2023.

[20] Wei Gao, Yan Wang* , Yumao Wu, "A compact reconfigurable monopulse antenna with close spacing," Microwave Optical Technology Letter , vol. 65, pp. 273-280, 2023.

[19] Yan Wang* , Feng Xu, Zhengwei Du, "Reducing the effects of the superstrate on the microstrip omnidirectional antenna with an annular ring," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , vol. 70, no. 9, 8566-8571, Sept. 2022.

[18] Yan Wang* , Feng Xu, Ya-Qiu Jin, Zhengwei Du, "Low-cost reconfigurable 1bit millimeter-wave array antenna for mobile terminals," IEEE Transactions on Antennas Propagation , vol. 70, no. 6, 4507-4517, Jun. 2022.

[17] Shangyang Li, Zhuoyang Liu, Shilei Fu, Yan Wang , Feng Xu*, "Intelligent beamforming via physics-inspired neural networks on programmable metasurface," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation , vol. 70, no. 6, pp. 4589-4599, Jun. 2022.

[16] Yan Wang* , Zhengwei Du, "Octaband WWAN/LTE dual-antenna system decoupled by two neutralization lines with inductors for smart phones," International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, pp. 1-12, 2021.

[15] Daiwei Huang*, Zhengwei Du, Yan Wang , “Eight-band antenna for full-screen metal frame LTE mobile phones,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation , vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 1527-1534, Mar. 2019.

[14] Daiwei Huang*, Zhengwei Du, Yan Wang , “A quad-antenna system for 4G/5G/GPS metal frame mobile phones,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters , vol. 18, pp. 1586-1590, 2019.

[13] Daiwei Huang*, Zhengwei Du, Yan Wang , “An octa-band monopole antenna with a small nonground portion height for LTE/WLAN mobile phones,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation , vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 878-882, Oct. 2017.

[12] Daiwei Huang*, Zhengwei Du, Yan Wang , “Compact octa-band monopole antenna with independently tuning for WWAN/LTE mobile phones,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters , vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 208-214, Jan. 2017.

[11] Yan Wang*, Zhengwei Du, “ Wideband monopole antenna with less nonground portion for octa-band WWAN-LTE mobile phones ,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation , vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 383-388, Jan. 2016.

[10] Yan Wang* , Zhengwei Du, “Dual-polarized dual-band microstrip antenna with similar-shaped radiation pattern,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation , vol. 63, no. 12, pp. 5923-5928, Dec. 2015.

[9] Yan Wang* , Zhengwei Du, “Dual-polarized slot-coupled microstrip antenna array with stable active element pattern,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation , vol. 63, no. 9, pp. 4239-4244, Sep. 2015.

[8] Y. Liu, Y. Wang* , Z. Du, “A broadband dual-antenna system operating at the WLAN/WiMAX bands for laptop computers,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters , vol. 14, pp. 1060-1063, 2015.

[7] 郭琳， Wang Yan * ，杜正伟，高攸纲，石丹， “ 一种用于笔记本电脑 双频段八天线系统 ” ，电波science学报， vol. 30, no. 4, 2015.

[6] Yan Wang* , Zhengwei Du, “A wideband printed dual-antenna with three neutralization lines for mobile terminals,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation , vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 1495-1500, Mar. 2014.

[5] Yan Wang* , Zhengwei Du, “A wideband quad-antenna system for mobile terminals,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters , vol. 13, pp. 1521-1524, 2014.

[4] Yan Wang* , Zhengwei Du, “A printed dual-antenna system operating in the GSM1800/GSM1900/UMTS/ LTE2300/LTE2500/2.4-GHz WLAN bands for mobile terminals,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters , vol. 13, pp.233-236, 2014.

[3] L. Guo, Y. Wang* , Z. Du, Y. Gao, D. Shi, “A compact uniplanar printed dual-antenna operating at the 2.4/5.2/5.8-GHz WLAN bands for laptop computers,” IEEE Antennas Wireless Propagation Letters , vol. 13, pp. 229-232, 2014.

[2] L. Guo, Y. Wang ,* Z. Du, Y. Gao, D. Shi, “A quad-antenna system operating at the 2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz WLAN bands for laptop computers,” Progress In Electromagnetic Research C , vol. 51, pp. 149-159, 2014.

[1] Yan Wang* , Zhengwei Du, “A wideband printed dual-antenna system with a novel neutralization line for mobile terminals,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters , vol. 12, pp. 1428-1431, 2013.

3、Conference Papers

[11] Xiaoxue Fan, Yan Wang* , and Feng Xu, "Compact Phased Array Antenna with Wide-Angle Scanning for Space-Limited System," APCAP, Reporter (Fan), 2022.

[10] Yan Wang* , Feng Xu, "Low-Cost 1-Bit Coding Array with Planar Phase-Delay-Line (invited)," ACES-China, Reporter (Yan) &Session Chair (Yan), 2022

[9] Yan Wang* , Feng Xu, "Low Cost Reconfigurable One-bit Phased Array Antenna," PIERS, Reporter (Yan), 2022.

[8] Shangyang Li, Zhuoyang Liu, Yan Wang* , Feng Xu, "Programmable Metasurface Intelligent Beamforming (invited)," EuCAP, Reporter (Shangyang), 2022.

[7] Fangzhou Zhou, Guomin Yang, Yan Wang* , Chenfei Zhao, Zhongwei Ji, "Wideband Self-decoupled Antenna for 5G Plastic Mobile Phone," IMWS-AMP, Reporter (Fangzhou)&Session Chair (Yan), 2021.

[6] Wang Yan，移动终端+天线系统解耦，全国天线年会，Reporter&Session Chair, 2021.

[5] Yan Wang. CSRSWTC2021, Session Chair, 2021.

[4] Yan Wang . Attend the ISAP 2019 at Xi’an, Shanxi, China, 10/27-10/30, 2019.

[3] Yan Wang , Attend the EuCAP 2018 at ICC Excel London, UK, 04/07-04/15, 2018

[2] Yan Wang* , Zhengwei Du, “A wideband printed dual-antenna with a protruded ground for mobile terminals,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation , pp. 1133-1134, Memphis, TN, USA, 2014.

[1] Wang Yan * ，杜正伟， “ 一种应用于手机 宽带四天线 ” ， 2014 全国第十五届微波集成电路and移动通信学术年会 ， pp. 53-54, 南京 , China , 2014.

4、Patent

[17] 范晓雪，Wang Yan，一种应用于移动终端 宽角度扫描毫米波阵列天线， Chinese Invention Patents，November 2022

[16] 赵王娴 Wang Yanet al.，开关优化，Chinese Invention Patents，November 2022

[15] Huang慧慈 Wang Yanet al.，wireless耳机2，Chinese Invention Patents，October 2022

[14] Huang慧慈 Wang Yanet al.，wireless耳机1，Chinese Invention Patents，October 2022

[13] 刘远远，Wang Yan，张志军，一种应用于医学成像系统高速数据传输 近场磁场耦合滑环，Chinese Invention Patents，July 2022

[12] Wang Yan，周方舟，一比特可重构毫米波阵列天线，Chinese Invention Patents，February 2022

[11] Wang Yan ，刘华涛，应李俊，尤佳庆，+冬，李建铭，王汉阳，“可折叠电子设备”，Chinese Invention Patents，Application No.: 201911056688.4 ，申请日Issue： 2019 10 月 31 日

[10] Wang Yan ，刘华涛，王吉康，朱贤滨，尤佳庆，龚贻文，“一种天线及终端设备”，Chinese Invention Patents，Application No.: 201910882097.6 ，申请日Issue： 2019 9 月 18 日

[9] 应李俊， Wang Yan ，+冬，尤佳庆，王汉阳，刘华涛，“可折叠移动终端和天线控制方法”，Chinese Invention Patents，Application No.: 201910579187.8 ，申请日Issue： 2019 7 月 28 日

[8] Wang Yan ，李建铭，王吉康，尤佳庆，王汉阳，“天线装置及电子设备”，Chinese Invention Patents，Application No.: 201910614002.2 ，申请日Issue： 2019 7 月 8 日

[7] Dong Yu, Kexin Liu, Yiwen Gong, Jiaqing You, Yan Wang , Liang Xue, “一种天线及终端设备，” Chinese Invention PatentsApplication No.: 201910135456.1 ，United StatesInvention Patent，Chinese Invention Patents申请日： 2019 2 月 22 日

[6] Hanyang Wang, Lei Wang, Yan Wang , Jiaqing You, Dong Yu, Liang Xue, CHIEN-MING LEE, “Antenna Solutions for LTE/NR Mobile Terminals,” No.: PCT/CN2018/086932, Date: 15 May, 2018

[5] 杜正伟（导师）， Wang Yan ， “ 一种兼顾窄边框and+频段覆盖 移动终端用 LTE 天线 ” ， Chinese Invention Patents ，公开号： CN104901015A ，Application No.: 201510282038.7 ，申请时间： 2015 5 月（ 授权 ）

[4] 杜正伟（导师）， Wang Yan ， “ 用于移动终端 宽频带四天线系统 ” ， Chinese Invention Patents ，公开号： CN103682596B ，公开时间： 2014 3 月（ 授权 ）

[3] 杜正伟 （导师）， Wang Yan ， “ 用于移动终端 平面型宽频带双天线系统 ” ， Chinese Invention Patents ，公开号： CN103441326 B ，公开时间： 2013 12 月（ 授权 ）

[2] 杜正伟（导师）， Wang Yan ， “ 用于移动终端 小型平面宽频带双天线系统 ” ， Chinese Invention Patents ，授权公开号： CN103326116B ，公开时间： 2013 9 月（ 授权 ）

[1] 杜正伟（导师）， Wang Yan ， “ 用于移动终端 宽频带双天线系统及其去耦方法 ” ， Chinese Invention Patents ，公开号： CN103151607B ，公开时间： 2013 6 月（ 授权 ）