Dr. Yong Yang is an Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of North Texas (UNT), Denton, Texas.

At the Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, Dr. Yang received his BEng in Chemical Engineering and his MS in Polymer Science and Engineering.  It was at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, that Dr. Yang received his PhD in Chemical Engineering.

Dr. Yang’s research interests include: organ-on-a-chip systems; micro/nanotechnology; stem cell technology; cell biomechanics; and biomaterials.

Dr. Yang is a member of these professional organizations: American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE); Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES); Society for Biomaterials (SFB); American Chemical Society (ACS); and Materials Research Society (MRS).

He serves as a reviewer for these journals: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, ACS Nano, ACS Omega, Acta Biomaterialia, Advanced Biomaterials, Advanced Healthcare Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Applied Rheology, Bioactive Materials, Biomaterials, BioMed Research International, Biotechnology Advances, Biotechnology Progress, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A, Journal of Controlled Release, Lab Chip,  Langmuir, NanoLIFE, Nanoscale, NPG Asia Materials, npj Regenerative Medicine, PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports, Small, Tissue Engineering C, WIREs Nanomedicine & Nanobiotechnology.

View a list of Dr. Yang’s publications here.