Hui YANG is a postdoctoral researcher in the Grasselli Geomechanics Group at the University of Toronto. Before that, she served as a postdoctoral fellow in the group of Dr. Qi ZHAO at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She obtained her Ph. D. degree from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2021 and her BSc. Degree from Central South University in 2015. Her research interests mainly include (1) fluid effects on rock mechanics and physics, (2) mechanical and seismic characteristics of rock fractures, (3) high-strain-rate rock behaviors and fragmentation, and (4) rock physics with acoustic emission and computerized tomography.

Her research interests include but are not limited to computational science in engineering, geostructural engineering, and energy science.