Yang Song is a Professor and PhD Supervisor at Leeds College and the School of Electrical Engineering. He has been selected for the National High-level Young Talent Program and the Sichuan “Tianfu Emei Program” Young Talent Project. He is an IEEE Senior Member and a Distinguished Expert of the Chengdu “Rongpiao Program”. He has previously served as a Research Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow, and Researcher at the University of Huddersfield, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Oslo Metropolitan University.

He has published more than 130 papers in SCI/EI-indexed journals. As the first or corresponding author, he has published over 60 papers in leading SCI journals in his field, including IEEE Transactions, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, and Vehicle System Dynamics. Six of his papers have been selected as ESI Highly Cited Papers. His publications have received more than 3,500 citations, with an H-index of 35. He has also been included in the World’s Top 2% Scientists list for career-long scientific impact.

Professor Song has led three projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, including the Excellent Young Scientists Fund for overseas scholars, a key joint fund project, and a general program. He has also led one sub-project under the National Key R&D Program CZ Railway Special Project and three provincial or ministerial-level research projects, including projects funded by the Sichuan Natural Science Foundation, the Sichuan International Science and Technology Cooperation Program, and China State Railway Group. In addition, he has led a number of research projects funded by organizations including CRCC Electrification Bureau Group Rail Transit Company, China Academy of Railway Sciences Corporation Limited, the National Engineering Research Center of Rail Transportation Electrification and Automation, the State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, the National Key Laboratory of Rail Transit Vehicle System, and the Key Laboratory of Magnetic Suspension Technology and Maglev Vehicle of the Ministry of Education. During his overseas research career, he participated in projects funded by Network Rail, the Norwegian Railway Directorate, the Rail Safety and Standards Board, the EU Shift2Rail program, and Hitachi Rail.

Professor Song serves on the editorial boards of several leading SCI journals. He is Associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement; Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology; Editorial Board Member of Railway Engineering Science, Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems, Transportation Safety and Environment, Sensors, and Infrastructures. He also serves as a Young Editorial Board Member for several SCI/EI journals, including Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Chinese Journal of Engineering, Journal of Railway Science and Engineering, Power System Protection and Control, and Complex Engineering Systems. He has served as Chair of the Pantograph–Catenary Relationship Subcommittee under the Rail Transit Electric Traction System Committee of the World Transport Convention; Organizing Committee Member and Chair of the Traction Power Supply Technology Session at Railways 2022, 2024, and 2026; and Co-chair of a sub-forum at the 5th and 6th International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies for Rail Transportation. He has also served as Topic Advisory Editor for Infrastructures and Vehicles, and Guest Editor for Sensors, Sustainability, Lubricants, and Shock and Vibration.

Professor Song received the Outstanding Editorial Board Member Award from Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems and the Outstanding Young Editorial Board Member Award from Transportation Safety and Environment in 2025. He received the Outstanding Associate Editor Award from IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement for two consecutive years from 2023 to 2024, and was listed among the World’s Top 2% Scientists for annual scientific impact for three consecutive years from 2023 to 2025. In 2025, he was included in the World’s Top 2% Scientists list for career-long impact. He also received the Outstanding Reviewer Award from IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement for two consecutive years from 2021 to 2022. In addition, he received the Second Prize of the Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Award in 2022, the Second Prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award of the Tibet Autonomous Region, and the First Prize of the Science and Technology Award of the China Railway Society in 2024.