Kun Yang is a master supervisor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, he obtained his Ph.D. in 2018 from Lehigh University in the United States. From 2018 to 2021, he served as a postdoctoral fellow at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the United States. Between 2021 and 2022, he held the position of pre-appointed associate professor at Harbin Engineering University. Since 2022, he has been affiliated with Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Additionally, he serves as the deputy director of science and technology for Jiangsu Province's "Double Entrepreneurship Plan". His primary research focuses on the design and development of nuclear reactor core materials as well as spent fuel reprocessing technologies.