Hyunsoo Yang is a Globalfoundries Chaired Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 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, California. He received his Doctorate from Stanford University. From 2004-2007, he was at IBM-Stanford Spintronic Science and Applications Center. He has authored 200 journal articles, given 180 invited presentations, and holds 15 patents. He was a recipient of the Outstanding Dissertation Award for 2006 from the American Physical Society (GMAG) and IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturers for 2019.