Prof. Dr. Wei Yao obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in 1996, Master of Fluid Mechanics degree in 1999, and PhD in Fluid Mechanics in 2001 from Fudan University. She has served as a lecturer and associate professor in the Department of Mechanics and Engineering Sciences at Fudan University and is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. She studied as a visiting scholar at York University in Canada for one year. She has won multiple awards, including the second prize for scientific and technological progress from the Ministry of Education in 2000, the first prize for scientific and technological progress from Sichuan in 2021, and the outstanding young teacher from Shanghai universities in 2008. She is also a member of the Biomechanics Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Mechanics, the vice chairman of the acupuncture and moxibustion Meridian Research Center of Shanghai, and the executive director of the Shanghai Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion.