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Professor Yang is a co-founder of Prenetics (formerly named Multigene) as a spin-off from City University focusing on the development of molecular diagnostics for early detection of diseases.Professor Yang’s research interest focuses on the development of biochip technology and nanomedicine for basic research and clinical applications. Professor Yang has published over 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers and obtained 23 patents. He has delivered more than 160 invited lectures in international conferences and universities, and trained 24 PhD/M.Phil. students and numerous postdoctoral fellows in his laboratory. He holds honorary professorships in Zhejiang University and the Third Military Medical University. Professor Yang serves in the grant review boards of Hong Kong Government Health and Medical Research Fund and Innovation and Technology Fund. He has been awarded the Chunhui Scholar Award by the Ministry of Education in China in 2003, the K. C. Wong Foundation Award in 2004, the Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Award in 2006, and the Hong Kong Technological Achievement Grand Award in 2007.

Professor Yang obtained his PhD from University of Toronto and postdoctoral training in the Scripps Research Institute in USA.