Tiangang Yang received B.Sc. from the department of Physics at Dalian University of Technology in 2009. He completed his Ph.D. work at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science. He did his postdoc in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 2016 to 2019. His research has been focusing on dynamical resonances in chemical reactions, quantum effect in low-temperature interstellar chemistry and cold ion-molecule reaction dynamics. He joined the Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) as a tenure-track assistant professor from 2019 to 2021, a tenure-track associate professor from 2021 to 2025. He is a tenured associate professor  since December 2025. Postdoctoral, fully funded Ph.D. positions are available in his group.

Selected Publications：

1. Peng, Y.#; Song, Z.#; Li, M.#; Gao, T.; Xiao, Y.; Wang, X.; Wang, T.; Xie, Y.; Li, A.*; Yang, T.*. Laser-Controlled Ion–Molecule Reaction Kinetics: Be⁺ + H₂O at Variable Reaction Temperatures. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2025, 16, 47, 12379-12385. (Cover)

2. Peng, Y.#; Li, J.#; Song, Z.; Li, M.; Xiao, Y.; Wang, X.; Wang, T.; Xie, Y.; Li, J.*; Yang, T.*. Ionic Reactant Orientation Inhibits Ion–Neutral Reactions at Low Temperatures. JACS Au 2025, 5 (9), 4260-4267.

3. Peng, Y.#; Wang, Z.#; Xiao, Y.#; Song, Z.; Wang, X.; Li, M.; Li, Z.; Wang, T.; Xie, Y.; Guan, Y.; Zhao, B.*; Yang, T.*. Determination of intramolecular isotope effects in the Be⁺(²P_3/2) + HD reaction. J. Chem. Phys. 2025, 163 (6). (Cover)

4. Xiao, Y.#; Wen, L.#; Xie, Y.#; Han, J.; Peng, Y.; Song, Z.; Wang, X.; Wang, T.; Yang, X.; Yang, T.*.A versatile apparatus for cold ion–molecule reaction dynamics: Integration of laser-cooled ions with velocity- and quantum-state- controlled molecular beams under ultra-high vacuum. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2025, 96 (8).

5. Wang, X.#; Li, J.#; Liu, L.; Xiao, Y.; Li, Z.; Wang, T.; Sun, Y. R.; Yang, T.*. A cold and controlled lithium beam for reaction dynamics studies. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2025, 860, 141781.

6. Xiao, Y.#; Peng, Y.#; Chen, L.#; Li, C.; Song, Z.; Wang, X.; Wang, T.; Xie, Y.; Zhao, B.*; Yang, T.*. Two-dimensional cooling without repump laser beams through ion motional heating. Commun. Phys. 2024, 7 (1), 423.

7. Xiao, Y.#; Wen, L.#; Li, Z.#; Han, J.; Wu, W.; Wang, T.; Xie, Y.*; Yang, T.*. Overtone Excitation of Nitrogen Molecules via Stimulated Raman Pumping. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 15 (46), 11510-11516.

8. Xie, Y.#; Han, J.#; Wen, L.#; Li, Z.; Xiao, Y.; Wang, T.; Yang, X.; Yang, T.*. Enhanced Total Vibrational Excitation Yield in a Slow Narrow-Pulsed Hydrogen Molecular Beam. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2023, 51, (14), 11603-11609.

9. Xie, Y.#; Liu, H.#; Xiao, Y.; Han, J.; Li, Z.; Wang, Y.; Wang, T.; Yang, X.; Yang, T.*. Development and Characterization of a Narrow-Pulsed Molecular Beam System. Chin. J. Chem. Phys. 2023, 36 (3), 259-264. (Cover)

10. Yang,T.#;  Li, A.#; Chen, G.; Yao, Q.; Suits, A.;  Guo, H.*; Hudson, E. R.*; Campbell, W.*, Isomer-specific kinetics of the C⁺ + H₂O reaction at the temperature of interstellar clouds. Sci. Adv. 2021. 7, eabe4080.

11. Yang, T.*; Zhao, B.*; Chen, G. K.; Guo, H.; Campbell, W.; Hudson, E. R. Determining reaction pathways at low temperatures by isotopic substitution: the case of BeD⁺ + H₂O.  New J. Phys. 2021. 23, 115004.

12. Yang,T.; Yang, X.*. Quantum resonances near absolute zero. Science. 2020. 368, 582-583.

13. Yang,T.#; Huang, L.#; Xiao, C.#; Chen, J.; Wang, T.; Dai, D.; Lique, F.; Alexander, M. H. *; Sun, Z. *; Zhang, D. H.; Yang, X. *; Neumark, D. M*. Enhanced reactivity of fluorine with para-hydrogen in cold interstellar clouds by resonance-induced quantum tunnelling. Nat. Chem. 2019, 11, 744-749.

14. Yang, T.*; Li, A.*; Chen, G. K.; Xie, C.; Suits, A. G.; Campbell, W. C.; Guo, H.; Hudson, E. R. Optical control of reactions between water and laser-cooled Be+ ions. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018, 9 (13), 3555-3560.

15. Yang, T.#; Chen, J.#; Huang, L.; Wang, T.; Xiao, C.*; Sun, Z.*; Dai, D.; Yang, X.*; Zhang, D. H*. Extremely Short-Lived Reaction Resonances in Cl + HD (v = 1) → DCl + H Due to Chemical Bond Softening. Science. 2015, 347, 60-63.