[4] Yelin earned a diploma in physics from the University of Stuttgart in 1994, and completed her doctorate (Dr. rer.
[5] After postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, and Solid State Scientific Corporation, she joined the University of Connecticut faculty in 2002.
[5] Yelin was one of three 2013 winners of the Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics, "for pioneering contributions to the theory of coherence phenomena ranging from super-radiance to ultra-cold molecules".
[6] In 2017 she was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), after a nomination from the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics, "for pioneering theoretical work with quantum coherences, such as near-resonant nonlinear quantum optics, for work with hybrid systems, such as molecular and solid state materials, and for work with many-body and cooperative systems and super-radiance".
[7] In 2021 Yelin was named a Fellow of Optica for "pioneering work in theoretical quantum optics with atoms, molecules, and condensed matter, with many-body, nonlinear, and cooperative systems.