Biography

Alfred Yu is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He is an NSERC Steacie Fellow, and he is the Director of NSERC CREATE Program on Next-Generation Innovations in Ultrasonics (N-GENIUS). He is also a Research Scientist at the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging, an Associate Director of the Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, and a Thematic Lead of the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology.

Prof. Yu has long-standing research interests in ultrasound imaging and therapeutics. He started his academic career at the University of Hong Kong, and he relocated his research group to Waterloo in 2015. He was promoted to full professorship at Waterloo in 2018. His research is recognized by various prestigious honors and prizes, including the NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, IEEE Ultrasonics Early Career Investigator Award, ISTU Frederic Lizzi Award, and Ontario Early Researcher Award.

Prof. Yu is a Fellow of AIUM. He is the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, the Chair of ISTU Education Committee, and a Board Member of major ultrasound professional societies (IEEE UFFC, ISTU). He also chaired the Medical Ultrasound Group of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium in the past several years and has previously served as an Associate Editor of the Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology journal.