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 Mechanical Engineering and Materials Sciences from Harvard University in 2019 and was a research fellow at Boston Children's Hospital and MIT from 2019-2023. He joined WPI in 2024. The Yang lab is a highly interdisciplinary research group with expertise in materials, mechanics, and biotechnology. The Yang lab currently focuses on the development of bio-interfacing materials and systems by material design and engineering across multiple length scales. Through the development, the Yang lab aims to gain a fundamental understanding of the mechanics and physics of materials and their bio-interactions with environments. The Yang lab further leverages the understanding to develop new biotechnologies for health and sustainability. Examples include medical implants, bioadhesives, implantable devices, and marine coatings.