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'''Clare Yu''' is an American theoretical biophysicist and condensed matter physicist. She is Professor of Physics and Astronomy in the School of Physical Sciences at the [[University of California, Irvine]] (UCI). She is a Fellow of the [[American Physical Society]], of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], and of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]]. She is also a former [[Sloan Research Fellowship|Alfred P. Sloan Fellow]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alfred P. Sloan Foundation |title=Fellows Database |url=https://sloan.org/fellows-database?page=362 |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=sloan.org}}</ref> and a current Trustee of the [[Aspen Center for Physics]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Prof. C. C. Yu's Corner – Top page |url=https://ps.uci.edu/~cyu/main.html |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=ps.uci.edu}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=UC Irvine – Faculty Profile System |url=https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=2196 |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=www.faculty.uci.edu}}</ref>
'''Clare Yu''' is an American theoretical biophysicist and condensed matter physicist. She is Professor of Physics and Astronomy in the School of Physical Sciences at the [[University of California, Irvine]] (UCI). She is a Fellow of the [[American Physical Society]], of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], and of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]]. She is also a former [[Sloan Research Fellowship|Alfred P. Sloan Fellow]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alfred P. Sloan Foundation |title=Fellows Database |url=https://sloan.org/fellows-database?page=362 |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=sloan.org}}</ref> and a current Trustee of the [[Aspen Center for Physics]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Prof. C. C. Yu's Corner – Top page |url=https://ps.uci.edu/~cyu/main.html |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=ps.uci.edu}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=UC Irvine – Faculty Profile System |url=https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=2196 |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=www.faculty.uci.edu}}</ref>


== Education & career ==
== Education & career ==
Yu received both an A.B. (1979) and a Ph.D. (1984) in Physics at [[Princeton University]]. She conducted postdoctoral research at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] and at the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]]. In 1989, she joined the faculty at the University of California, Irvine.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Clare Yu – UCI |url=https://eqi.uci.edu/clare-yu/ |access-date=2023-06-22 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Yu received both an A.B. (1979) and a Ph.D. (1984) in Physics at [[Princeton University]]. She conducted postdoctoral research at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] and at the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]]. In 1989, she joined the faculty at the University of California, Irvine.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Clare Yu – UCI |url=https://eqi.uci.edu/clare-yu/ |access-date=2023-06-22 |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Research ==
== Research ==
Yu’s work encompasses three areas of study: [[biophysics]], [[condensed matter physics]], and [[Quantum Physics|quantum physics]].
Yu’s work encompasses three areas of study: [[biophysics]], [[condensed matter physics]], and [[Quantum Physics|quantum physics]].


In biophysics, Yu studies the intracellular transport of molecules using computer simulations. In developmental biology, she has used [[Monte Carlo method|Monte Carlo simulations]], particularly to investigate the development of the wing disc in [[Drosophila]] fruit flies and to study how, fundamentally, the organs and physical features of creatures emerge. Additionally, she has deployed statistical techniques like [[Maximum entropy probability distribution|maximum entropy]] to study cancer immunotherapy, uncovering under what conditions immune cells infiltrate tumors.
In biophysics, Yu studies the intracellular transport of molecules using computer simulations. In developmental biology, she has used [[Monte Carlo method|Monte Carlo simulations]], particularly to investigate the development of the wing disc in [[Drosophila]] fruit flies and to study how, fundamentally, the organs and physical features of creatures emerge. Additionally, she has deployed statistical techniques like [[Maximum entropy probability distribution|maximum entropy]] to study cancer immunotherapy, uncovering under what conditions immune cells infiltrate tumors.
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In condensed matter physics, Yu specializes in disordered systems. Focusing especially on glasses, she has researched the glass transition, Coulomb glasses, dipolar glasses, spin glasses, and the low temperature properties of glasses.
In condensed matter physics, Yu specializes in disordered systems. Focusing especially on glasses, she has researched the glass transition, Coulomb glasses, dipolar glasses, spin glasses, and the low temperature properties of glasses.


Yu’s research in the field of quantum computation has explored how fluctuating electronic spins on the surface of Josephson junction [[Qubit|qubits]] can produce magnetic noise, leading to [[Quantum decoherence|decoherence]] of the qubit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prof. C. C. Yu's Corner – Top page |url=https://ps.uci.edu/~cyu/main.html |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=ps.uci.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2008 General Election Preview |url=http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200807/electionpreview.cfm |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Clare Yu PhD UCI Transcript |url=https://www.purposenation.org/uci-clare-yu-phd-podcast-transcript |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=Purpose Nation |language=en-US}}</ref>
Yu’s research in the field of quantum computation has explored how fluctuating electronic spins on the surface of Josephson junction [[qubit]]s can produce magnetic noise, leading to [[Quantum decoherence|decoherence]] of the qubit.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=2008 General Election Preview |url=http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200807/electionpreview.cfm |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Clare Yu PhD UCI Transcript |url=https://www.purposenation.org/uci-clare-yu-phd-podcast-transcript |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=Purpose Nation |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Honors & awards ==
== Honors & awards ==


* 1991 – [[Sloan Research Fellowship|Alfred P. Sloan Fellow]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1991-05-06 |title=IRVINE : UCI Instructor Wins Fellowship |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-05-06-me-1029-story.html |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=UC Irvine – Faculty Profile System |url=https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=2196 |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=www.faculty.uci.edu}}</ref>
* 1991 – [[Sloan Research Fellowship|Alfred P. Sloan Fellow]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1991-05-06 |title=IRVINE : UCI Instructor Wins Fellowship |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-05-06-me-1029-story.html |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2"/>
* 2005 – [[List of American Physical Society Fellows|Fellow of the American Physical Society]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Fellow Archive |url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
* 2005 – [[List of American Physical Society Fellows|Fellow of the American Physical Society]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Fellow Archive |url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
* 2019 – [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences|Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-17 |title=Clare Yu is named a fellow by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences |url=https://news.uci.edu/2019/04/17/clare-yu-is-named-a-fellow-by-the-american-academy-of-arts-sciences/ |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=UCI News |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2019 – [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences|Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-17 |title=Clare Yu is named a fellow by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences |url=https://news.uci.edu/2019/04/17/clare-yu-is-named-a-fellow-by-the-american-academy-of-arts-sciences/ |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=UCI News |language=en-US}}</ref>
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Revision as of 05:46, 9 July 2023

Clare Yu
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPrinceton University
Scientific career
FieldsBiophysics, condensed matter physics, quantum physics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Irvine Aspen Center for Physics
Websitehttps://www.physics.uci.edu/people/clare-c-yu

Clare Yu is an American theoretical biophysicist and condensed matter physicist. She is Professor of Physics and Astronomy in the School of Physical Sciences at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is also a former Alfred P. Sloan Fellow,[1] and a current Trustee of the Aspen Center for Physics.[2][3]

Education & career

Yu received both an A.B. (1979) and a Ph.D. (1984) in Physics at Princeton University. She conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. In 1989, she joined the faculty at the University of California, Irvine.[2][3][4]

Research

Yu’s work encompasses three areas of study: biophysics, condensed matter physics, and quantum physics.

In biophysics, Yu studies the intracellular transport of molecules using computer simulations. In developmental biology, she has used Monte Carlo simulations, particularly to investigate the development of the wing disc in Drosophila fruit flies and to study how, fundamentally, the organs and physical features of creatures emerge. Additionally, she has deployed statistical techniques like maximum entropy to study cancer immunotherapy, uncovering under what conditions immune cells infiltrate tumors.

In condensed matter physics, Yu specializes in disordered systems. Focusing especially on glasses, she has researched the glass transition, Coulomb glasses, dipolar glasses, spin glasses, and the low temperature properties of glasses.

Yu’s research in the field of quantum computation has explored how fluctuating electronic spins on the surface of Josephson junction qubits can produce magnetic noise, leading to decoherence of the qubit.[2][5][6]

Honors & awards

Yu is currently a Trustee on the board of the Aspen Center for Physics.[11]

References

  1. ^ Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. "Fellows Database". sloan.org. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  2. ^ a b c "Prof. C. C. Yu's Corner – Top page". ps.uci.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  3. ^ a b c d e "UC Irvine – Faculty Profile System". www.faculty.uci.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  4. ^ "Clare Yu – UCI". Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  5. ^ "2008 General Election Preview". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  6. ^ "Professor Clare Yu PhD UCI Transcript". Purpose Nation. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  7. ^ Archives, L. A. Times (1991-05-06). "IRVINE : UCI Instructor Wins Fellowship". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  8. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  9. ^ "Clare Yu is named a fellow by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences". UCI News. 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  10. ^ "AAAS Announces Leading Scientists Elected as 2020 Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  11. ^ "Aspen Center for Physics". www.aspenphys.org. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
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