Haibing Yang is a research plant biologist at Purdue University with a Ph.D. in plant science from the University of Connecticut. His research focuses on engineering plants to enhance biomass conversion and nutrient uptake through overexpression of transport proteins. He has over 15 years of experience in plant membrane biology and auxin transport. Yang has secured over $1 million in grant funding and has published widely with over 100 papers and 1,918 citations.