[1] After graduating in June 1990, You joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering faculty and soon carried out postdoctoral research at Tsinghua University in November of that same year.
[1] You taught at Tsinghua University since December 1992, what he was promoted to professor in 1994 and director of the Department of Precision Instrument in 2005.
After this office was terminated in 2014, he was given an administrative position of vice president, serving until 2021.
[3] On 30 May 2021, he was proposed as vice president of China Association for Science and Technology.
[4] On 20 October 2021, he was promoted to president of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, a position at vice-ministerial level.