Yuwei is a Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Structure and Nano-/ Micromechanics of Materials at Max-Planck-Institut fur Eisenforschung GmbH, Germany. He did his Ph.D. with Matt Pharr and a Postdoc with George M. Pharr at Texas A&M University, USA. His research focuses on mechanics of materials, specifically materials for energy storage and conversion, coupled electro-chemo-mechanics, and high strain rate deformations in nano-scale.