Bao Yang graduated from South China University of Technology in Engineering Mechanics with a bachelor’s degree in 2007 and received a doctorate in Solid Mechanics from South China University of Technology in 2012. From 2013 to 2021, he worked as a postdoc fellow/research associate/research fellow at the Institute of Textiles and Clothing and Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable Systems, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He joined the Department of Mechanics of South China University of Technology in June 2021 and served as an associate professor until now. He has been consistently engaged in basic research on flexible sensors, smart wearable devices, biomechanics, dynamics behaviors of functional materials, and their applications in the fields of sports and healthcare. He has hosted or participated in more than 10 projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation, National Key Research and Development Programs, Hong Kong Innovation Technology Fund, and Hong Kong General Research Fund. He has also published over 50 journal papers.