Dr Yang Yu is a Research Fellow specialising in Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research interests span three key areas: (1) sustainable construction materials; (2) the digital transformation of civil infrastructure; and (3) AI-empowered frameworks for water treatment.

Dr Yu serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Frontiers in Materials (IF: 3.5), an Editorial Board Member for Science Progress (IF: 2.6) and Symmetry (IF:2.2), and a Youth Editorial Board Member for the International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials (IF: 6.5). He is also an ECR Committee Member of the International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII). Furthermore, Dr Yu has been included in the World's Top 2% Scientists List (published by Elsevier and Stanford University) consecutively since 2022.