**Pingan Zhu**

Dr. Pingan Zhu is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the City University of Hong Kong. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2017 and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2013. His research focuses on the fundamentals and applications of micro-/nano-scale fluid flows, including microfluidics, fluid dynamics, surface wettability, micro/nanorobots, and biomimetics. Dr. Zhu has developed a versatile platform referred to as microfluidics-enabled soft manufacture (MESM) for engineering fluid templates into solid materials with tailored properties and interdisciplinary applications, which has been widely featured by local, national, and international media, such as *The Times*, *Science News*, *News Scientist*, and Phys.org. He has published more than forty papers in prestigious journals, including *Science*, *Chemical Reviews*, *Nature Communications*, *Advanced Materials*, and *The Innovation*, one book invited by Springer Nature, and one filed PCT patent. His work has been recognized by a number of awards, such as Micromachines Young Investigator Award (2022), IAAM Young Scientist Medal (2022), Outstanding reviewer for Lab on a Chip (2022), Outstanding Achievement Award for China Rising Star in Science and Technology (2021), TechConnect Global Innovation Award (2018), honorable mention of Hong Kong Young Scientist Award (2017), and HKU Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Thesis Award (2016–2017).
