Our Team

Yifan Wang
Nanyang Assistant Professor
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
NTU Singapore
Dr. Wang received his Ph.D. in Soft Matter Physics from The University of Chicago, USA (2016), and B.S. in Physics from Peking University, China (2011). Prior to joining Nanyang Technological University in 2020, Dr. Wang worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at California Institute of Technology, USA.

Research Fellow (2021.5-Present)
Ph.D., Duke University, USA, 2020
Bachelor, Shandong University, China, 2014
Research areas: soft robotics, machine learning

Research Fellow (2021.12-Present)
Ph.D., Tianjin University, China, 2021
Bachelor, Sichuan University, China, 2013
Research areas: robotics and control, exoskeletons

Research Fellow (2022.01-Present)
Ph.D., University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2020
Bachelor, Shandong University, China, 2015
Research areas: flexible sensors, triboelectricity

Xudong Yang
PhD Student, Jan 2021 Intake
M.S. Beihang University, China, 2020
Bachelor, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, 2017
Research areas: metamaterials, shape-morphing

Tianyu Chen
PhD Student, Aug 2021 Intake
M.S. Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, 2020
B.S., Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, 2017
Research areas: soft robotics, metamaterials

Kunlin Wu
PhD Student, Jan 2022 Intake
M.S. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2021
B.S., Hefei University of Technology, China, 2020
Research areas: additive manufacturing, soft materials

Bojian Zhang
PhD Student, Jan 2023 Intake
M.S. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2022
B.S., Tianjin University, China, 2021
Research areas: soft robotics, metamaterials

Weining Mao
PhD Student, Jan 2023 Intake
M.S. Imperial College London, UK, 2019
B.S., University of Edinburgh, UK
& South China University of Technology, China, 2018
Research areas: metamaterials, granular materials

Jingcheng Xiao
PhD Student, Jan 2023 Intake
M.S. Harbin Institute of Technology, China, 2021
B.S., China University of Petroleum, China, 2018
Research areas: robotics, electrostatics

Yu Chen
Master student by research, Aug 2022 Intake
B.S., Jilin University, China, 2022
Research areas: robotics, motion capture
MSC students with dissertation
Yishen Zhao, Aug. 2022 Intake
B.S. Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)
Minda Wang, Aug. 2022 Intake
B.S. University of Science and Technology, Beijing
Visiting students
Shuai Chen
Ph.D. student at Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Cheng Zhao
Ph.D. student at Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Weinan Gao
Ph.D. student at Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Zongzheng Wang
Ph.D. student at Sichuan University, China