Prof. Yang obtained his Ph.D. from University of Toronto, Canada and received postdoctoral training in the Scripps Research Institute in USA. He is currently the Head of Department of Biomedical Sciences, and Yeung Kin-Man Chair Professor of Biomedical Sciences in City University of Hong Kong. The research interest of Yang’s group focuses on the development of biochip technology and nanotechnology for molecular diagnostics and therapeutic applications. Prof. Yang has published over 280 peer-reviewed papers and 23 USA/China patents. He has trained 28 Ph.D. graduates and numerous postdoctoral fellows in his laboratory. He has been awarded the Chunhui Scholar Award by the Ministry of Education in China in 2003, the K. C. Wong Foundation Award in 2004, the Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Award in 2006, the Hong Kong Technological Achievement Grand Award in 2007, the Natural Science Award by the Ministry of Education in 2015, and the Wuxi PharmaTech Life Science and Chemistry Award in 2016. He is a co-founder of biotech companies Genetel (Shenzhen), Prenetics (Hong Kong), and Helitec (Shenzhen).