Positions:
1991 - NTNF Fellow, Department of Physics and Center for Materials Research, University of Oslo,
             Oslo, Norway. Host: Professor Jon Gjønnes
1993 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
             Beijing, China, with Professor Fanghua Li
1994 - Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut für Matallforschung, Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaft,
             Stuttgart, Germany, Host: Dr. Joachim Mayer
1996 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University,
             Tallahassee, Florida, with Professor Kenneth A. Taylor
1997 - Senior Research Associate, International Institute for Advanced Research, Central Research Laborotories,
             Matsushita Electrical Industry Ltd. (Panasonic) & Department of Biophysics, Kyoto University,
             Kyoto, Japan with Professor Yoshinori Fujiyoshi.
1999 - Research Associate, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School,
             Boston, Massachusetts, with Professor Thomas Walz
2004 - Instructor in Cell Biology, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School,
             Boston, Massachusetts
2006 - Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of California San Francisco,
             San Francisco, California
2012 - Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of California San Francisco
            San Francisco, California
2015 - Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of California San Francisco
             San Francisco, California
2015 - Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
 

Awards:
1991 - Royal Norwegian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (NTNF) Research Fellowship
1994 - Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship
2014 - K.H. Kuo Award for Distinguished Scientist
2018 - Christian B. Anfinsen Award, The Protein Society
2019 - Election to the American Academy of Arts and Science
2020 - Election to the National Academy of Sciences

Hobby:

Yifan is an enthusiastic runner. He started running in 2011 and ran his first marathon in 2013. Since then, he has now run more than 30 marathon races! He has recently started biking around the Bay Area. Some marathon highlights below:

2013/09/29: Half Moon Bay International Marathon (Debut):            3:37:55
2014/12/07: California International Marathon                                   3:25:49
2015/12/06: California International Marathon                                   3:19:21
2016/04/18: Boston Marathon                                                            3:40:55
2016/12/04: California International Marathon                                   3:20:40
2017/07/23: San Francisco Marathon                                                3:33:55
2017/12/03: California International Marathon                                   3:23:58
2018/04/16: Boston Marathon                                                            3:30:23
2018/12/02: California International Marathon                                   3:37:17
2019/04/15: Boston Marathon                                                            3:41:17
2019/12/08: California International Marathon                                   3:16:18
2020/09/07: Boston Marathon (Virtual)                                              3:35:38
2020/11/15: San Francisco Marathon (Virtual)                                  3:05:05