Guang Yang is a professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. She received her PhD in Chemistry from Wuhan University, China. She remains the Distinguished Young Chutian Scholar and Outstanding Talents in Hubei province, as well as an Alexander von Humboldt and JSPS fellow. She was also a visiting scholar in Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Japan, and University of Akron, USA. Currently, she is serving as the Deputy Director of the Cellulose Division of the Chinese Chemical Society and is a council member of several committees. She is an editorial board member of Carbohydrate Polymers, Polymers, Engineered Science, Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, etc. She was selected as one of Stanford University's Top 2% of Global Scientists. She has authored more than 200 publications in high-impact international peer-reviewed journals. She has edited four books, authored several chapters, and registered more than 40 authorized patents. Some of the innovation patents have been transferred to a company to provide better care and treatment for patients. She aims to research and develop natural or synthetic biomaterials used in medical applications to support, enhance, or replace damaged tissue or a biological function. Her current research focuses on the development of nanocellulose-based functional materials, the design and fabrication of novel nano-drug transporters, nano-assembly of ordered materials, and tissue engineering.