武汉理工大学光纤传感技术国家工程实验室研究员，博士生导师，湖北省楚天学者特聘教授。美国光学学会会员，德国物理学会会员，中国光学学会薄膜光学专业委员会委员，湖北省光学学会理事，湖北省仪器仪表学会常务理事。先后获得入选教育部新世纪优秀人才计划，湖北省新世纪高层次人才工程，国家留学基金委高级访问学者计划。
1.新型复合敏感材料；
2. 薄膜光学；
3.薄膜光电子器件及系统；
4.光纤传感器。
1．教育部留学回国人员科研启动基金
2．国家自然科学基金项目
3．教育部新世纪优秀人才计划项目
4．湖北省自然科学基金重点项目
5．中国工程物理研究院科技协作项目
【主要学术论文】
1. Minghong Yang, Zhi Li, Jixiang Dai, Zhi Yang, Yi Zhang and Zhi Zhuang Comparison of optical fiber Bragg gratinghydrogen sensors with Pd-based thin films and sol–gel WO3 coatings, Meas. Sci. Technol. 24 (2013) 094009
2. Yutang Dai, Minghong Yang, Gang Xu, Yinquan Yuan Magnetic field sensor based on fiber Bragg grating with a spiral microgroove ablated by femtosecond laser, Optics Express. 2013 Jul 15;21(14):17386-91
3. Ming Tian, Ping Lu, Li Chen, Deming Liu, and Minghong Yang, Micro Multicavity Fabry–Pérot Interferometers Sensor in SMFs Machined by Femtosecond Laser, IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, VOL. 25, NO. 16, AUGUST 15, 2013
4. Min Wang, Minghong Yang, Jie Cheng, Guilin Zhang, C. R. Liao, and D. N. Wang, Fabry–Pérot Interferometer Sensor Fabricated by Femtosecond Laser for Hydrogen Sensing, IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, VOL. 25, NO. 8, APRIL 15, 2013
5. Yun Cheng, Weijing Xie, Xun Yu,Hong Lu, and Minghong Yang Optical coatings on fiber for relative-humidity sensing applications, COL 11(Suppl.), S10404(2013)CHINESE OPTICS LETTERS June 30, 2013
6. Guilin Zhang, Minghong Yang, Min Wang, Dongwen Li, Xingang Wang, Refractometer based on a microslot in single-multi-single fiber fabricated by femtosecond laser, Optical Engineering 52(4), 044401 (April 2013)
7. Minghong Yang, Min Wang, D. N. Wang, Novel Optical Sensors Based on Integration of Fiber Micromachining with Sensitive Thin Films, OSA Topical Meeting 2013 Optical Sensors invited talk ST2B.2
8. Min Wang, Minghong Yang, Jie Cheng, Jixiang Dai, Minwei Yang, D. N. Wang，Femtosecond laser fabricated micro Mach-Zehnder interferometer with Pd film as sensing materials for hydrogen sensing， Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 11, pp. 1940-1942 (June 2012)
9. Minghong Yang, Zhi Yang, Jixiang Dai, Dongsheng Zhang，Fiber optic hydrogen sensors with sol–gel WO3 coatings，Sensors and Actuators B 166– 167 (2012) 632– 636
10. Jixiang Dai, Minghong Yang, Xun Yu, Kun Cao, Junsheng Liao, Greatly etched fiber Bragg grating hydrogen sensor with Pd/Ni composite film as sensing material Sensors and Actuators B 174 (2012) 253– 257
11. Dai Jixaing, Minghong Yang , Xun Yu , Hong Lu，Optical hydrogen sensor based on etched fiber Bragg grating sputtered with
Pd/Ag composite film, Optical Fiber Technology 2012 (Vol.19 Iss.1 2013)C. R. Liao, D. N. Wang, Senior Member, IEEE, Min Wang, and Minghong Yang Fiber In-line Michelson Interferometer Tip Sensor Fabricated by Femtosecond Laser IEEE Photonics Technology Letters Vol.24, No.22, 2060-2063, 2012
【申报专利】
德国专利 DE102004030803 (2004年)
欧洲专利 PCT EP2005/006901 (2005年)
国际专利 WO2006/000445 (2006年)
美国专利 US 11/630 175 (2007年)
中国专利 201010104517.7 (2009年)