Yang obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Liverpool in 2020, working under the supervision of Prof. Andy Cooper. Following this, he joined IMRE, A*STAR in Singapore as a scientist. In 2022, Yang became an A3MD postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Ted Sargent's group. His previous research primarily focused on photo/electrocatalysis, employing high-throughput methods and machine learning. Currently serving as a staff scientist in the Acceleration Consortium, Yang is developing self-driving labs dedicated to inorganic materials discovery.