Lingzhi Yang, Ph.D., is an Associate Research Fellow and Director of the Teaching and Research Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shenzhen University Medical School. She received her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Tokyo. Her research focuses on developing molecular probes, biosensing methods, and functional two-dimensional nanomaterials for biological signal analysis and pharmaceutical applications. Her work spans intracellular PIP3 detection and optical regulation, microRNA sensing, nucleic acid-responsive nanosheet interfaces, and ultrathin gold nanosheets for biosensing and therapeutic applications. She has led research projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Guangdong Medical Research Foundation, and the Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission.