Angyang Yu studied physics at Dalian University of Technology (China) and obtained his B.Sc. in 2003. He received his M.Sc. in 2006 after conducting his master thesis on molecular reaction dynamics in Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. After obtaining his Ph.D. degree at Jilin University in China, he was awarded a Post doctor’s Fellowship to study titanium alloys' oxidation at Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests include calculations of molecular spectra, chemical kinetics, molecular excited states, molecular reaction dynamics and engineering alloy design.