Yanqing Ye


Yanqing Ye is a Chinese national and a researcher who worked at Boston University’s Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, from October 2017 to April 2019.  She was List of [Chinese spy cases in the United States|charged in the US by the FBI] on the 28th of January 2020, along with two other individuals, for assisting the Chinese government.  She is accused of falsely identifying herself as a student whilst also continuing to work for the People's Liberation Army, visa fraud, conspiracy and being an agent of a foreign government, while living in the US.  She was charged alongside a cancer researcher at Boston  and a Harvard professor, Charles Lieber.

Education

Ye studied at the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), in China, which is a military academy. The FBI accuse her of falsely identifying herself as a student at Boston University when she entered the US in October 2017.

Research

Ye's research is around health and computing including data analysis and robotics.