Dr. Yang Haokun graduated in 2017 from the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. From 2017 to 2019, he worked as a Senior Research Fellow at City University of Hong Kong. Since 2019, he has been with the Hong Kong Productivity Council, serving as Assistant Principal Consultant. Dr. Yang is a Chartered Engineer recognized by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, specializing in applied research on the design of metallic materials and the development of processing technologies. He was selected for the National Young Talent Program and the Guangzhou Hong Kong–Macao Youth Support Project. He has received numerous honors, including the First Prize of the Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Materials Research Society and the Engineer Grand Award of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. Dr. Yang has led more than 10 projects funded by the Innovation and Technology Fund of the Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission, the International Cooperation Program of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology, and the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao projects of the Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission. He is the first or second inventor on 25 granted patents, and has published over 40 SCI-indexed papers as first or corresponding author, including 3 ESI Highly Cited Papers. His research achievements have won two Gold Medals and three Silver Medals