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Yuguang Yang is a computational researcher whose work sits at the exciting intersection of colloidal science, robotics, and artificial intelligence. His research focuses primarily on developing intelligent navigation and control frameworks for micro- and nanoscale colloidal robots, with transformative implications for biomedical and environmental applications such as targeted drug delivery, precision surgery, and environmental remediation. Yang's most influential contribution is his pioneering application of deep reinforcement learning to colloidal robot navigation. His 2019 paper on efficient navigation of colloidal robots in unknown environments has garnered 80 citations, establishing him as an early innovator in AI-driven microrobotics. Building on this, his 2020 work on micro/nano motor navigation and localization (55 citations) extended these methods to self-propelled Brownian particles in complex landscapes. He has also made significant strides in swarm intelligence, demonstrating how coordinated colloidal particle swarms can cooperatively capture and transport cargo (42 citations) and navigate mazes to retrieve Brownian particles. Beyond robotics, Yang has explored the collective dynamics of active matter, investigating how geometric features of self-propelled chiral rods produce rich oscillatory behavior. Across his body of work, accumulating over 200 citations, Yang consistently bridges fundamental physics with cutting-edge computational intelligence to push the boundaries of microscale robotics.