Dr. Yang Li obtained his doctoral degree (2013) from Tianjin University, China. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the same university from 2014 to 2016. Between 2015 and 2019, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan, United States. Yang Li has been working as an Associate Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Tianjin University. His research interests mainly focus on carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite (CFRTP) ultrasonic welding and ultrasonic additive manufacturing, CFRTP/metal dissimilar materials welding, aluminum alloys resistance welding, and weld quality prediction. He is an Editorial Board Member and Guest Editor of Polymers, a Topical Advisory Panel Member and Guest Editor of Materials. He also serves as a Young Editorial Board Member of "Materials Engineering" and "Journal of Aeronautical Materials", a Youth Editorial Board Member of "Welding Magazine". Dr. Li is one of the directors of the SAMPE Beijing Chapter, a senior member of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society.