Kai Yang is a
Professor of E-textiles in Healthcare at the University of Southampton. She
received her B.Sc. in Material Engineering from the Beijing Institute of
Fashion Technology, China, in 2004, and her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the
University of Leeds in 2009. Her research interests are in electronics textiles
(e.g., materials, manufacturing, sustainability), wearable medical product
development (e.g. stroke rehabilitation, pain management), and digital
healthcare. Prof. Yang has been PI on
£3.5M e-textile projects funded by EPSRC (fellowship), MRC (DPFS), Innovate UK,
AHRC (Research Commercialisation) and NIHR (i4i Connect). She was the author of
over 70 publications. She is the co-founder of Smart Fabric Inks, founder of
Etexsense, and co-chair of the E-textiles Network.
Short Biography
Kai Yang is a
Professor of E-textiles in Healthcare at the University of Southampton. She
received her B.Sc. in Material Engineering from the Beijing Institute of
Fashion Technology, China, in 2004, and her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the
University of Leeds in 2009. Her research interests are in electronics textiles
(e.g., materials, manufacturing, sustainability), wearable medical product
development (e.g. stroke rehabilitation, pain management), and digital
healthcare. Prof. Yang has been PI on
£3.5M e-textile projects funded by EPSRC (fellowship), MRC (DPFS), Innovate UK,
AHRC (Research Commercialisation) and NIHR (i4i Connect). She was the author of
over 70 publications. She is the co-founder of Smart Fabric Inks, founder of
Etexsense, and co-chair of the E-textiles Network.
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