Jiawei Yang is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at WPI. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University in 2019 and was a research fellow at Boston Children's Hospital and MIT from 2019-2023. His current research focuses on the multiscale design and engineering of soft material systems for healthcare and sustainability. The Yang lab is a highly interdisciplinary research group, with expertise in mechanics, materials, and biotechnology. The research in the Yang lab combines theoretical modeling and experiments to gain a fundamental understanding of soft material systems and their interactions with environments, especially inside the body and under the water, and use the understanding to develop new soft materials and technologies for a variety of emerging medical and engineering applications. Examples include bioadhesives, anti-fibrotic implants, and implantable devices.