Expert Profiles-2026年复旦智能机器人与先进制造国际暑期学校

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Prof. Oliver G. Schmidt
Prof. Oliver Schmidt is an internationally leading scientist in the field of 3D micro- and nanosystems, and an Elected member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech). He is the Scientific Director of the Research Center MAIN at the Chemnitz University of Technology and Adjunct Professor of Nanophysics at Dresden University of Technology, Germany. He is Honorable Professor at both Fudan University and Changzhou University, and he has co-founded the International Institute for Intelligent Nanorobots and Nanosystems at Fudan University. As a pioneer in integrated micro- and nanosystems, Professor Schmidt has led his research team in conducting extensive groundbreaking work in the areas of micro-nanorobotics and intelligent sensing devices, achieving a series of breakthrough results. He has authored over 900 high-impact papers (including 65 cover articles) in top-tier journals such as Nature, Nature Materials, Nature Photonics, Nature Electronics, Nature Physics, and Science Robotics with a total citation count exceeding 69,000, an H-index of 135, and an m-index greater than 4. He has been recognized as a Clarivate Global Highly Cited Researcher for multiple consecutive years. To date, Professor Schmidt has received 16 scientific awards and honors, most notably the 2017 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, Germany's most prestigious research award.

Prof. Metin Sitti
Prof. Dr. Metin Sitti is the President and Professor of Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey since fall 2023. Formerly, he was a Director of the Physical Intelligence Department at Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany (2014-2023), Professor at ETH Zurich, Switzerland (2020-2024), Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, USA (2002-2014), and Research Scientist at UC Berkeley, USA (1999-2002). He received his BSc (1992) and MSc (1994) degrees from Boğaziçi University, Turkey, and PhD degree from University of Tokyo, Japan (1999). His research interests include wireless medical devices, small-scale mobile robots, bioinspiration, and physical intelligence. He is a member of National Academy of Engineering in USA, Academy Europea, and Max Planck Society (2014-2023). He received the Highly Cited Researcher recognition (2021-2024), Frontiers of Science Award (2025), Materials Science Leader Award (2023-2025), Breakthrough of the Year Award in the Falling Walls World Science Summit (2020), ERC Advanced Grant (2019), Rahmi Koç Science Medal (2018), SPIE Nanoengineering Pioneer Award (2011), and NSF CAREER Award (2005).

Prof. Yu Sun 孙钰
Yu Sun is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, with joint appointments in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto (UofT). He is the Tier I Canada Research Chair in Micro and Nanoengineering Systems, was the founding Director of the UofT Robotics Institute, and served as the Faculty Director of Toronto Nanofabrication Center. His lab specializes in developing innovative technologies and instruments for manipulating and characterizing cells, molecules, and nanomaterials. He is a Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of The Academy of Science of Royal Society of Canada, a Fellow of Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, an International Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and an International Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. He was elected Fellow of IEEE, ASME, AIMBE, AAAS, NAI, CSME, and EIC for his work on micro-nano robotic systems and devices. Among the awards he received were an NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Fellowship, NSERC Synergy Award of Innovation, IEEE McNaughton Gold Medal, IEEE EMBS Technical Achievement Award, and IEEE NTC Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology. He is the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Trans. Automation Science and Engineering and an advisory board member of the AAAS journal, Science Robotics.
Prof. Sarthak Misra
Prof. Sarthak Misra joined the University of Twente in 2009. He is a Full Professor in the Department of Biomechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering Technology. He directs the Surgical Robotics Laboratory.at Twente. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA. Before his doctoral studies, he worked for three years as a dynamics and controls analyst on the International Space Station Program at MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates. He holds a Master of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Professor Misra has received numerous competitive awards, including multiple European Research Council (ERC) grants (Starting, Consolidator, and Proof-of-Concept), and several Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) grants (VENI, VIDI, and VICI). He has also been honored with the NASA Space Flight Awareness Award. He has served as co-chair of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Technical Committee on Surgical Robotics and as area co-chair of the IFAC Technical Committee on Biological and Medical Systems. His research focuses on advancing surgical robotics and medical microrobotics. He develops robotic systems and control methods for minimally invasive procedures. His work spans magnetic actuation and navigation of flexible instruments, continuum robotic devices, precision needle steering, and untethered microrobotic systems for targeted intervention. His group integrates physical modeling, imaging-based control, and advanced actuation to enable high-dexterity robotic tools for challenging clinical tasks.

Prof. Li Zhang 张立
Prof. Li Zhang is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering (MAE) and a Professor by Courtesy in the Department of Surgery at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He is also a director of the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) – CUHK Joint Laboratory of Robotics and Intelligent Systems. Before he joined CUHK as an Assistant Professor in 2012, he worked in Prof. Bradley Nelson’s group as a postdoc and then as a senior scientist and lecturer in the Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland. Dr. Zhang is elected as a Fellow of IEEE (FIEEE), The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (FAIMBE), The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (FASME), Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (FAAIA), The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (FHKIE), a member of the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences (YASHK), and an Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Engineering at CUHK, and he was appointed as a Distinguished Lecturer by IEEE NTC in both 2020 and 2021.

Prof. Jianfeng Zang 臧剑锋
Prof. Jianfeng Zang is a Level-2 Professor and Huazhong Distinguished Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Distinguished Professor of the Chang Jiang Scholars Program, and Young Fellow of the National High-Level Talent Recruitment Program. He currently serves as a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Integrated Circuits and the School of Future Technology, HUST, and leads the Medical-Engineering Interdisciplinary Research direction. He received his B.E. and M.E. degrees from Jilin University, and his Ph.D. from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He conducted postdoctoral research at the University of South Carolina and Duke University, USA. His research focuses on intelligent soft materials for innovative medical devices, with representative achievements in acoustic soft material-based medical sensing, implantable supergel ultrasound sensors, wearable ultrasound sensing, bionic cochlea for natural listening, and robotic vascular embolization. He has published over 90 papers in leading journals including Nature, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Nature Materials, Science Robotics, Science Advances, and Nature Communications. He holds more than 30 authorized invention patents as the first inventor, and has led over 10 national key projects such as the NSFC Original Exploration Program and the National Key R&D Program of China. He serves as a Youth Editorial Board Member of Engineering and as Co-Executive Chair of the Flexible Electronics (2017/2018) and Soft Robotics (2019/2020) conferences. He has been invited to deliver more than 40 keynote or invited talks at international academic conferences. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and has received the IAAM Scientist Medal and the Second Prize of the Hubei Natural Science Award.

Prof. Hepeng Zhang 张何朋
Prof. Zhang Hepeng is a Chair Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, honored with the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, the Excellent Young Scientists Fund, and a national high-level talent award (major engineering track). He received his B.S. in Physics from Fudan University (2000) and Ph.D. from the City University of New York (2004), followed by postdoctoral research at the University of Texas at Austin. Since joining SJTU in 2010, he has been affiliated with the Institute of Natural Sciences and the School of Physics and Astronomy. His research focuses on multiscale and nonequilibrium dynamics in soft matter and biophysical systems. He has published over 40 papers in journals including PNAS and Physical Review Letters, and has delivered numerous invited talks at international conferences.
Prof. Zhen Gu 顾臻
Prof. Zhen Gu is a Qiushi Chair Professor, Assistant President of Zhejiang University, Dean of the International Campus, and Dean of the Jinhua Research Institute. Changjiang Scholar of the Ministry of Education, Director of the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Delivery Systems, Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and Vice Chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese. Elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) in 2019, Fellow of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE) in 2021, and Fellow of the Controlled Release Society (CRS) in 2025. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Nanjing University and his Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2010. He subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University. He began his faculty career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University in 2012, was named the Jackson Family Distinguished Chair Professor in 2018, and became a Full Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at UCLA in the same year. He joined Zhejiang University full-time in 2020 and previously served as Dean of the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences. His research interests include macromolecular drug delivery systems, drug-device combination products, physiologically responsive materials, vaccine formulations, and cell therapy strategies. As corresponding author, he has published over 200 papers in journals including Celland Nature, holds more than 100 licensed corporate patents, and five original technologies/products are currently in clinical trials. His honors include the National Innovation Award, Second Prize of the National Natural Science Award, Sloan Research Fellowship, Royal Society of Chemistry Felix Franks Medal, CRS Young Investigator Award, and he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 Innovators Under 35 list.
Prof. Longqiu Li 李隆球
Prof. Longqiu Li has received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (NSFC); and is a Professor at the School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) and Deputy Director of the State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System. He is mainly engaged in robotics, micro/nano and intelligent manufacturing technology and equipment, and mechatronics. He has received four provincial/ministerial first prizes, one provincial patent gold award, and two second prizes for scientific and technological progress. He has received the China Youth Science and Technology Award and was selected for the National High-Level Talent Program. He serves as a Council Member of the Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology, Vice Chairman of the Robotics Branch of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society and the Micro-Nano Actuators and Microsystems Branch of the CSMNT, and Council Member/Committee Member of several societies including ASME MNS. He holds editorial positions including Executive Editor-in-Chief, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, and Editorial Board Member of journals such as SmartBotand Research.
Prof. Yihui Zhang 张一慧
Prof. Yihui Zhang is a Tenured Professor at Tsinghua University. He has received honors including the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, the Xplorer Prize, the Youth Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, the Hong Kong Qiu Shi Outstanding Young Scholars Award, the James R. Rice Medal from the Society of Engineering Science, the Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award jointly presented by Pi Tau Sigma and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the MIT Technology Review’s “Innovators Under 35” (MIT TR35), the Young Investigator Medal from the Society of Engineering Science, the Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Eshelby Young Faculty Award in Mechanics, the Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Melville Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, among others. He currently serves as the Deputy Editor of the journal Science Advances, Editor of Mechanics of Materials, and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials, among other editorial roles.

Prof. Qingkun Liu刘清坤
Prof. Qingkun Liu is an Associate Professor (tenure-track) in the Department of Micro/Nano Electronics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He received his B.S. degree from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 2007 and his Ph.D. degree from Zhejiang University in 2013. From October 2013 to November 2022, he worked at the University of Colorado Boulder, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and Cornell University. In January 2023, he joined the School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research focuses on micro/nanorobotics, including new materials, novel principles, and advanced microfabrication techniques for micro/nanorobots, such as responsive nanomaterials, heterogeneous integration of microactuators, controllers, and sensors, design methodologies for miniature machines based on origami and metamaterials, as well as cross-disciplinary applications of micro/nanorobots in bio-inspired machines, medical surgery, and disease diagnosis. He has published over 60 papers in international academic journals and conferences, with first/corresponding author publications in Nature, Science Robotics, Science Advances, PNAS, Advanced Materials, Nano Letters, PRL, among others. He also holds six U.S.patents.

Prof. Liu Yang 杨柳
Prof. Liu Yang is a Professor and PhD Supervisor at the College of Artificial Intelligence, Nankai University. Principal Investigator (PI) at the State Key Laboratory for Tracing and Warning of Infectious Diseases and Intelligent Decision-Making. Distinguished Young Scholar of Tianjin, Hundred Outstanding Young Talents of Nankai University. Research interests include machine learning and microscale robotics, micro/nanorobots and their clinical applications, as well as AI-empowered medical devices. Member of the CAA Technical Committee on Dynamic Learning and Intelligent Medicine, Council Member of the CSMNT Micro/Nano Fabrication Technology Division, and Standing Committee Member of the Robotics and Clinical Medicine Specialized Committee under the Tianjin Robotics Society.

Prof.Zhichao Ma 马智超

Prof. Zhichao Ma is a Tenure-Track Associate Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Doctoral Supervisor. His main research directions include mechanical system dynamics and acoustic medical instruments. He has led projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Young Scientists Fund, Category C), the "Pioneer Program" Key Technology R&D Project of the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission, and the General Program of the Shanghai Natural Science Foundation. He has been selected for the Young Talent Support Program of the Acoustical Society of China, the Shanghai Leading Talent Program (Youth), and the Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship in Germany. As first/corresponding author (including co-authorship), he has published academic papers in high-level journals in the field, including Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, Microsystems & Nanoengineering, among other.