Yi Zhang is currently a research scientist at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Previously he served as an assistant professor at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He was also an affiliated faculty of China Singapore Joint International Research Institute, Singapore Center for 3D Printing, NTU-HP Digital Manufacturing Corp Lab, and Nanyang Quantum Science and Engineering Center. He received his Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA, in 2013 and B.Eng in Bioengineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2007. He received his postdoc training in the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, the Agency of Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore from 2013−2015, and subsequently worked there as a Research Scientist from 2015−2016. His research aims to develop micro and nano systems to bridge the gap between engineering advancement and current medicine practice. He has published ~70 papers in high impact journals. His achievement is recognized by a series of awards including Nanyang Young Alumni Award, Outstanding Self-Financed Student Overseas, Hodson Fellowship, Siebel Scholar, and various Young Scientist Awards, Best Conference Awards and Art in Science Awards.