His research interests include Cyber Security and Privacy, Internet of Things, Mobile and Pervasive Computing, and Smart Healthcare. His research is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF). He is the recipient of the Best Paper Award from IEEE CNS 2018, IEEE SECON 2017 and ACM AsiaCCS 2016. He is the Winner of ACM MobiCom Student Research Competition, 2013. His research has been reported in numerous media outlets including MIT Technology Review, CNN, Fox News Channel, Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, and IEEE Spectrum.

Moreover, Yan Wang has highly professional 6+ years experience with backbone network management and maintenance in China Unicom. He was responsible for international network traffic management in Asia-Pacific Cable Network 2 Shanghai station. As a team leader, he was also responsible for fast response to network recovery and international traffic coordination.