Our Team
Yifan Wang
Associate Professor
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
NTU Singapore
yifan.wang@ntu.edu.sg
Dr. Yifan Wang leads the Robotic Materials Group, developing human–robot interfaces, assistive wearable robots, and intelligent robotic materials and structures. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (2016) and B.S. from Peking University (2011), and was a postdoctoral fellow at Caltech before joining NTU in 2020.
Research Fellow (2023.9 - present)
Junwei Li
Ph.D., Huazhong University of Science and Technology. 2023
B.S., Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2017
Research area: soft exoskeletons, human robot interactions
Research Fellow (2023.10 - present)
Jie Pan
Ph.D., Peking University, 2023
B.S., Northwestern Polytechnical University, 2018
Research area: soft robotic control
Research Fellow (2025.09 - present)
Shoujie Li
Ph.D., Tsinghua University, 2025
B.S., China University of Petroleum, 2020
Research area: robotic grippers, robotic materials
Research Fellow (2026.03 - present)
Changchun Wu
Ph.D., The University of Hong Kong, 2026
B.S., Chongqing University, 2020
Research area: artificial muscles, woven textiles, wearable robots
PhD Student (2023.1 Intake)
Bojian Zhang
M.S., Nanyang Technological University, 2022
B.S., Tianjin University, 2021
Research area: soft robots, grippers and manipulators
PhD Student (2023.1 Intake)
Weining Mao
M.S., Imperial College London, 2019
B.S., University of Edinburgh & South China University of Technology, 2018
Research area: granular materials, mechanical adaptive behaviors
PhD Student (2023.1 Intake)
Jingcheng Xiao
M.S., Harbin Institute of Technology, 2021
B.S., China University of Petroleum, 2018
Research area: soft robots, electrical actuation
PhD Student (2023.8 Intake)
Geng Chen
M.S., University of Melbourne, 2023
B.S., University of Wollongong & Beijing Jiaotong University, 2020
Research areas: soft robots, assistive devices
PhD Student (2024.8 Intake)
Yu Chen
B.S., Jilin University, 2022
M.ENG., NTU Singapore, 2024
Research areas: soft exoskeletons, assistive devices
PhD Student (2024.8 Intake,
Co-supervised with Prof. Hortense Le Ferrand)
Sakshi
M.S., IIT Gandhinagar, 2024
Research areas: additive manufacturing
PhD Student (2024 Intake)
Henglun Sun
B.S., China University of Geoscience, 2021
M.S., Beihang University, 2024
Research areas: electrostatic actuators, soft robotics
PhD Student (2024 Intake)
Bangyan Niu
B.S., Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, 2021
M.S., Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, 2024
Research areas: wearable sensors, haptic devices
PhD Student (2025 Intake)
Yujie Wang
B.S., Wuhan University of Technology, 2018
M.S., University of California, San Diego, USA, 2020
M.S., John Hopkins University, USA, 2024
Research areas: wearable robotics, exoskeletons
PhD Student (2026.08 Intake)
Peerawit Chawawiwat
M.Eng., Mechanical Engineering
Imperial College London, 2022
Research areas: assistive robots, mechanical design
Visiting Students
Jiacheng Wu, PhD student at Tongji University
Chongen Jiao, PhD student at Tsinghua University
Alumni
Xudong Yang, PhD student, now Research Scientist at A*STAR Singapore
Tianyu Chen, PhD student, now Postdoctoral Fellow at Bristol University, UK
Kunlin Wu, PhD student, now at Onto Innovation, Singapore
Zhiqiang Meng, Research Fellow, now Postdoctoral Fellow at Cambridge University, UK
Guohui Wang, Research Fellow, now faculty at Shanghai University, China
Yuchen Zhao, Research Fellow, now faculty at Southeast University, China
Hailu Wang, Research Fellow, now researcher at Nanyang Technological University