Yi Guo joined Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology as Assistant Professor in August 2005. She was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2011, and full Professor in 2017. Before joining Stevens, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor in ECE Department of University of Central Florida from 2002 to 2005.

Dr. Guo received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Xi'an University of Technology, China, in 1992 and 1995, respectively. She obtained her Ph.D degree in Electrical and Information Engineering in 1999 from University of Sydney, Australia. Her research was performed in the Dynamical Systems and Control Group under the supervision of Prof. David Hill. After her Ph.D, she worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in Center for Engineering Science Advanced Research, Computer Science and Mathematics Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 2000 to 2002, where she performed research in autonomous mobile roboics under the guidance of Dr. Lynne Parker.

Dr. Guo’s research interests are mainly in distributed and collaborative robotic systems, human-robot interaction, wearable sensors, and dynamic systems and controls. She served as the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine from 2021 to 2025. She was Associate Editor of IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, and IEEE Access. Her awards include Best Application Paper Award at WCICA2018, and Provost’s Award for Research Excellence at Stevens. She serves in ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division Honors and Awards Committee, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) Committee to Aid Reporting on Misconduct Concerns (CARES). She was the Program Chair for the 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). She is currently a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE RAS.