Professor Kesong Yang is a faculty member in the Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering at the University of California San Diego. He earned his PhD in Atomic and Molecular Physics from the School of Physics at Shandong University and subsequently served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Duke University. His research focuses on computational materials science, particularly material modeling and simulation using first-principles calculations and high-throughput computational techniques. His research team excels in studying electronic, optical, and magnetic properties, focusing on optimizing and predicting these properties to design novel functional materials.