本科毕业于中国电子科技大学应用物理学专业，并获理学学士学位。曾在美国留学多年，并先后在美国 Embry－Riddle Aeronautical University 获空间科学硕士学位和 University of Central Florida 获空间物理学博士学位。曾在美国 Embry－Riddle Aeronautical University 自然科学系从事博士后研究和作短期访问学者。主要教学课程有《中高层大气动力学》和《大气探测》。

Yu, Y., and M. P. Hickey (2018), Wave-wave interactions among tsunamigenic gravity waves in the ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, Prepared.

Yu, Y., and M. P. Hickey (2017), Ionospheric gravity waves driven by oceanic gravity waves in resonance: A modeling study in search of their spectra, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2017GL074417, Accepted.

Yu, Y., W. Wang, and M. P. Hickey (2017), Ionospheric signatures of gravity waves produced by the 2004 Sumatra and 2011 Tohoku tsunamis: A modeling study, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 122, 1146-1162, doi:10.1002/2016JA023116.

Yu, Y., Z. Yan, and M. P. Hickey (2015), Lower thermospheric response to atmospheric gravity waves induced by the 2011 Tohoku tsunami, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 120, 5062-5075, doi:10.1002/2015JA020986.

Yu, Y., W. Chen, and Y. Wang (2013), Directional filtering due to mesospheric wind shear on the propagation of acoustic-gravity waves, Chin. J. Space Sci., 33(1), 53-62.

Yu, Y., and Y. Liu (2011), Cylindrical gravity waves generated by thunderstorm driven sources at tropospheric altitudes, Chin. J. Space Sci., 31(4), 467-473.

Yu, Y., M. P. Hickey, and Y. Liu (2009), A numerical model characterizing internal gravity wave propagation into the upper atmosphere, Adv. Space Res., 44(7), 836–846, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2009.05.014.

Yu, Y., and M. P. Hickey (2007c), Simulated ducting of high-frequency atmospheric gravity waves in the presence of background winds, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L11103, doi:10.1029/2007GL029591.

Yu, Y., and M. P. Hickey (2007b), Numerical modeling of a gravity wave packet ducted by the thermal structure of the atmosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 112, A06308, doi:10.1029/2006JA012092.

Yu, Y., and M. P. Hickey (2007a), Time-resolved ducting of atmospheric acoustic-gravity waves by analysis of the vertical energy flux, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L02821, doi:10.1029/2006GL028299.

Hickey, M. P., and Y. Yu (2005), A full-wave investigation of the use of a “cancellation factor” in gravity wave-OH airglow interaction studies, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A01301, doi: 10.1029/2003JA010372.

2009年获教育部留学回国人员科研启动基金项目资助。2009－2011年承担国家自然科学基金地球科学部面上项目（40874100）《大气对流层的湍流迹象所触发的大气中间层的重力波活动》。2012－2015年承担国家自然科学基金地球科学部面上项目（41174128）《海啸所引发的大气重力波之传播特性研究》。