Yixiang obtained his Ph.D. from Soochow University in 2019. He then moved on to Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he became a postdoctoral fellow for two years. He joined the group in Sept 2021 as a postdoctoral fellow, and his research is focused on developing catenane metal–organic framework materials, as well as their structure-property relationships. He loves playing basketball and swimming.