Prof. Jinglei Yang is an Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). For more than 20 years, he has conducted research in the fields of materials science and mechanics of materials. He has also worked on nano- and micro-encapsulation for a variety of applications, including self-healing materials, thermal regulating materials, and antibacterial and wear-resistant/self-lubricating polymers, FRP composites, fiber-metal laminates, nanocomposites, stimuli-responsive polymers, and mechanics. He has multidisciplinary expertise in a variety of fields, including chemical synthesis, production, thermal analysis, and mechanical characterization. He has developed a novel technique to microencapsulate different chemicals and reagents for multipurpose applications. His most recent accomplishments include being named to the Top 1 percent of international materials scientists from the Stanford-Ranking List for the year 2020 and being elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and Royal Aeronautical Society in 2021. He is currently in charge of more than 30 team members and has completed or is managing more than 30 projects.