The Yang Lab

Dr. Yang was deeply honored to have been voted Faculty of the Year by the junior class in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Washington! This was Dr. Yang's first time teaching a course on his own, so this really means a lot. Seeing the students get into it made the whole thing worth it. Thank you to the students for voting for Dr. Yang, and for being such a fun group to teach. Dr. Yang will keep working to make his classes a place where students actually enjoy showing up!














Please check MolES student spotlight for Mr. Mendoza! In this spotlight, Mr. Mendoza shared a bit about his experience as a first-year PhD student within the University of Washington community and beyond! Very exciting!

Mr. Mendoza received the MolE Service Award! Congratulations! Each year, this award recognizes one or two current MolE Ph.D. students who have demonstrated dedication to making an impact in their community through their service and public outreach. (04/2026)

Welcome, Dr. Shi and Mr. Mendoza, to our lab! (04/2026)

Dr. Yang was invited to serve as a judge for MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 (Global List) in 2026. (03/2026)

Dr. Shi received the Moore Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to support her postdoctoral research for roughly two years. Congratulations! And thank you for your support, the Moore Foundation and our College of Engineering! (11/2025)

Dr. Yang was appointed as a member of the Youth Editorial Board of Nano-Micro Letters. (08/2025)

Dr. Yang received the Kren Engineering-based Medicine Initiative Project Award with Dr. Steven McCartney. Congratulations! (06/2025)

Dr. Yang received the Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute (MoIES) Pilot Award with Dr. Kat Steele, Dr. Jenny Robinson, and Dr. David Baker. Congratulations! (06/2025)

Dr. Yang received the Northwest Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NNI) Seed Grant. Congratulations! (04/2025)

Dr. Yang was invited to serve as a judge for MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 (Global List) in 2025. (03/2025)

Dr. Yang was listed in the Fierce Electronics 40 Under 40 in 2025. (03/2025)

Dr. Yang was listed in the MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 (Global List) in 2023. (before UW)

Dr. Yang was listed in the Forbes 30 under 30 in Science (North America) in 2023. (before UW)

Editorial piece titled, 'Making electronics that dont last', on our bio/ecoresorbable MEMS systems published in Nature Electronics. (before UW)

Our bio/ecoresorbable MEMS systems were featured as the cover for the August issue of Nature Electronics. (before UW)



















TechXplore report titled, 'Transient microelectromechanical systems that can self-dissolve over time'. highlighted our bio/ecoresorbable MEMS systems published in Nature Electronics. (before UW)

Research Briefing about our bio/ecoresorbable MEMS systems titled, 'Microelectromechanical systems that can dissolve in the body or the environment', appeared in Nature Electronics. (before UW)

Shan Jiang and Guosong Hong wrote a perspectives piece titled, 'Cooling the pain', on our bioresorbable microfluidic implantable system for targeted block of pain signals in peripheral nerves published in Science. (before UW)

Northwestern University report titled, 'Dissolving implantable device relieves pain without drugs', highlighted the dissolving implantable device relieves pain without drugs, as reported in a paper in Science. (before UW)

ScienceNews report titled, "This soft, electronic ‘nerve cooler’ could be a new way to relieve pain", highlighted our bioresorbable nerve coolers published in Science. (before UW)

Tsuyoshi Sekitani writes a News and Views piece titled, 'A photocurable bioelectronics tissue-interface', on our hydrogel materials for bioelectronics published in Nature Materials. (before UW)