The Pennsylvania State University

Professor

Dr. Jian Yang is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Regenerative Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Yang is known for his contribution on citrate chemistry and biology for the development and applications of citrate-based biomaterials. Dr. Yang has published more than 150 papers and received 22 issued US patents and many more international patents. He was a recipient of NSF CAREER Award (2010), Outstanding Young Engineering Faculty Award at UTA (2011), and PSEAS Outstanding Research Award at Penn State (2018). Dr. Yang is an elected Fellow of American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE, 2016), a Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (NAI, 2018), a Fellow of Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES, 2020), and a Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, 2021). Dr. Yang is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of “Bioactive Materials”, an Associate Editor of “Science Advances”, and an Associate Editor of “Frontiers in Biotechnology and Bioengineering”.