Yijun Wang obtained his bachelor’s degree in applied physics from Dalian University of Technology in China. Afterwards he started his master study in the University of Stuttgart in Germany, and completed his master’s degree in the field of quantum optics. Following his master’s degree, Yijun joined Prof. Dr. Ilja Gerhardt’s research group, and relocated to Hannover. He has been a PhD candidate at Leibniz University Hannover since 2021. His research interests include single-photon emitters, fluorescence spectroscopy and atom-photon interactions.