Yaping Song completed her master's study in 2020, focusing on the designed synthesis of silica nanoparticles at The University of Queensland (Australia) under Prof. Chengzhong Yu and Dr. Yannan Yang's supervision. Then she won a competitive UQ international Ph.D. scholarship and enrolled as a Ph.D. student of Yu Group in 2021 under Prof. Chengzhong Yu, Dr. Yue Wang and Dr. Jie Tang's supervision. She has been dedicated to solving bacterial infection-related health problems using antibiotic-free nanotechnology.