2026-7 至今，南京大学，准聘副教授

2025-7 至2026-7，美国福克斯蔡斯癌症中心（Fox Chase Cancer Center), 访问学者/细胞培养研究中心经理

2017-2 至 2025-7, 美国威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校（University of Wisconsin-Madison), 研究科学家

2017-2 至 2020-7, 美国威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校（University of Wisconsin-Madison), 博士后

2010-2 至 2012-3, 上海荣君生物医药科技有限公司，工程师/项目经理

2022年：WiCell Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2016年：Cell Culture Engineering XV Conference Travel Grant Award, ECI

长期担任ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, Brain and Behavior, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Human Gene Therapy, Stem Cell Research等杂志审稿人。

[1] Y. W. Yan, X. Y. Li, Y. Gao, S. Mathivanan et al. 3D bioprinting of human neural tissues with functional connectivity. Cell Stem Cell.2024, 31, 260-274.(封面文章)

[2]Y.W.Yan, E. S. Qian, L. E. Woodard, J. Bejoy. Neural lineage differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells: advances in disease modeling. World Journal Of Stem Cells. 2023, 15(6), 530-547.

[3]Y.W.Yan, S.C.Zhang. Generation of cerebral cortical neurons from human pluripotent stem cells in 3D culture. Stem Cell-Based Neural Model Systems for Brain Disorders. 2023, 2683,1-11

[4] Y.L. Tao, X.Y. Li, Q.P. Dong, L.H. Kong, A. J. Petersen, Y. W. Yan, K. Xu, S. Zima, Y.R. Li, D. K. Schmidt, M. Ayala, S. Mathivanan, A. M.Sousa, Q. Chang, S. C. Zhang. Generation of locus coeruleus norepinephrine neurons from human pluripotent stem cells. Nature Biotechnology. 2023, 1-13.

[5] Y.W. Yan, J. Bejoy, J. X. Xia, K. Griffin,J.J. Guan,Y. Li. Cell population balance of cardiovascular spheroids derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells. Scientific Reports. 2019, 9(1), 1295.

[6] Y.W.Yan, J. Bejoy, M. Marzano, Y. Li. The use of pluripotent stem cell-derived organoids to study extracelluar matrix development during neural degeneration. Cells, 2019,8(3), 242

[7] Y.W. Yan, L.Q. Song, J. Bejoy, J. Zhao, T. Kanekiyo, G.J. Bu, Y. Zhou, Y. Li. Modelling neurodegenerative microenvironment using cortical organoids derived from human stem cells. Tissue Engineering Part A, 2018, 24(13-14), 1125-1137.

[8]Y.W. Yan, Y. Li, L.Q. Song, C.C. Zeng, Y. Li. Pluripotent stem cell expansion and neural differentiation in 3-D scaffolds of tunable Poisson’s ratio. Acta Biomaterialia. 2017, 49,192-203.

[9] Y.W. Yan, J. Bejoy, J.F. Xia, J.J. Guan, Y. Zhou, Y. Li. Neural patterning of human induced pluripotent stem cells in 3-D cultures for studying biomolecule-directed differential cellular responses. Acta Biomaterialia. 2016, 42, 114-126.

[10]Y.W. Yan, L. Martin, D. Bosco, J. Bundy, R. S. Nowakowski, Q. A. Sang, Y. Li. Differential effects of acellular embryonic matrices on pluripotent stem cell expansion and neural differentiation. Biomaterials. 2015, 73, 231-242.