Kun Yang is McKenzie Professor of Physics at Florida State University, and an affiliated member of National High Magnetic Field Lab in Tallahassee, Florida, USA. He received his Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1994. After postdoctoral work in Princeton and Caltech, he joined the faculty of Florida State University in 1999. His research interest is in theoretical condensed matter and statistical physics. The honours and awards he received over the years include Alfred Sloan fellowship in 1999, Outstanding Young Researcher award of Overseas Chinese Physics Association in 2004, and Outstanding Referee award of American Physical Society (APS) in 2015. He was elected fellow of American Physical Society in 2011, and fellow of American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016.