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Yang Lan is a pioneering materials scientist whose work bridges bioinspired design and advanced functional materials. Her primary research areas include fatigue-resistant hydrogels, bioinspired structural materials, and multifunctional sensor systems. Lan’s most significant contribution is the development of anisotropically fatigue-resistant hydrogels, which achieve unprecedented durability by mimicking the hierarchical structures found in biological tissues. Her landmark 2021 paper on this topic has garnered over 320 citations, demonstrating its profound impact on the field. She further advanced the concept with bioinspired 2D isotropically fatigue-resistant hydrogels, solving the critical limitation of directional weakness in conventional materials—a breakthrough that earned over 160 citations. Beyond hydrogels, Lan has innovated in sensor technology, creating high-performance dual-mode pressure and temperature sensors based on thermoelectric aerogels, with applications in intelligent panel systems. Her work has been featured in top-tier journals including *Advanced Materials* and *Nature*, and her bioinspired hydrogels are now considered foundational for next-generation soft robotics and load-bearing biomedical devices. Lan’s research exemplifies how learning from nature can yield materials with mechanical properties once thought impossible in synthetic systems.