Hyunsoo Yang is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS), working on various magnetic materials and devices for spintronics applications. He worked at C&S technology, LG Electronics in San Jose, and Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems in California. He received his Doctorate from Stanford University. From 2004-2007, he was at IBM-Stanford Spintronic Science and Applications Center. He has authored more than 230 journal articles, given 200 invited presentations, and holds 18 patents. He was a recipient of the Outstanding Dissertation Award for 2006 from the American Physical Society (GMAG), IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturers for 2019, and the Minister of Science ICT award for 2020.