Biography

Professor Yin is a founding fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He has recently served as president of the Biomedical Engineering Society, editor-in-chief of the ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, and a member of the national advisory council of the National Institute of Biological Imaging and Bioengineering. He is also a member of numerous academic and industrial advisory boards.

In 1997, Professor Yin came to Washington University in St. Louis from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to lead the Department of Biomedical Engineering. From 1978 to 1997, he had appointments in medicine (cardiology), physiology, and biomedical engineering departments at Johns Hopkins University.