Dr. Chunyang Xiong is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science of Peking University. He received his B.S. degree (1995) in Mechanics and his Ph.D. degree (2000) in Experimental Mechanics from Peking University. Following two-year postdoctoral training in the Department of Electronics at Peking University, he joined the Department of Mechanics of Peking University in 2002 as a lecture. He became an associate professor in 2006 and a full professor in 2011 in PKU. His current research interests are interdisciplinary studies involving mechanics, molecular cell biology, micro/nano technology, including cell mechanics, mechanobiology, microfluidic chip, micromechanics of soft matter. Dr. Xiong has published ~80 papers (~1,400 citations and h index=26, according to Google Scholar).