Yan Deng, is a professor, doctor, and doctoral supervisor. In 1994, he received a bachelor's degree in Chemical Pharmacy from the Wuhan University of Technology, a master's degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Hunan Normal University in 2005, and a doctorate in Biomedical Engineering from Southeast University in 2011. He is mainly engaged in the construction of biosensors and biochips, and has conducted systematic research on issues such as the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and trace analysis of heavy metal ions and pesticides. He proposed to screen highly selective nucleic acid aptamers combined with nanomaterials to construct a highly sensitive and selective detection and analysis system. He participated in winning the second prize of Hunan Natural Science and the second prize of Science and Technology Progress of the Ministry of Education. He has published more than 80 SCI academic papers in top international journals such as "Biosensors and Bioelectronics" and "Science China Chemistry". From 2018 to 2022, he won the title of ESI Highly Cited Researcher of the Year for four consecutive years and undertook three National Natural Science Foundation projects, one national key research and development sub-project, one 863 and one 973 sub-project, and many other provincial and ministerial projects.