Biomimetic smart materials with applications in marine bionics, soft robotics, information storage, humidity regulation and flexible wearable devices etc.

2006: Zhejiang University, Ph.D. 2006–2012: University of Warwick (UK); Duke University (USA); Technische Universität Dresden (Germany), Postdoc / Humboldt Research Fellow 2012–present: Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Professor

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National “Ten Thousand Talents Program” Leading Talent in Scientific and Technological Innovation (2022) Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) (2021) Stanford University World’s Top 2% Scientists List (2024)