Dr. ZHANG Jiachen (张甲晨博士) Postdoc (Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany)
Ph.D. (University of Toronto, Canada)
MSc (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, US)
BEng (Harbin Engineering University, China)



Assistant Professor


Contact Information Office: YEUNG-P6603
Phone: 3442 7156
Email: jzhang.bme@cityu.edu.hk
Web: Personal Homepage


Research Interests Milli/micro robotics
Soft and medical robotics
Biomedical instrumentation



Jiachen Zhang obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Eric Diller from University of Toronto in 2018. Before joining CityU, he was a postdoc fellow in the group of Prof. Metin Sitti at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, where he conducted research in soft milli-robotics, smart materials, and advanced manufacturing. During his stay in Germany, he was awarded the Humboldt research fellowship. His research interests include milli/micro robotics, soft and medical robotics, and biomedical instrumentation.



Previous Experience 1 Oct 2019 - 31 May 2021, Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
1 Apr 2019 - 31 May 2021, Postdoc fellow, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. Physical Intelligence department with Prof. Metin Sitti.
1 Aug 2014 - 8 Nov 2018, Research Assistant, University of Toronto. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Microrobotics lab, Prof. Eric Diller.



Publications Show All Publications Show Prominent Publications
Journal Zhang, Jiachen. (2021). Evolving from laboratory toys towards life-savers: Small-scale magnetic robotic systems with medical imaging modalities. Micromachines. 12. 1310doi:10.3390/mi12111310
Jiachen, Zhang. , Yubing, Guo. , Wenqi, Hu. , Ren, Soon. Hao. , Zoey, Davidson. S. & Metin, Sitti. (2021). Liquid crystal elastomer‐based magnetic composite films for reconfigurable shape‐morphing soft miniature machines. Advanced Materials. 33. e2006191doi:10.1002/adma.202006191
Yubing, Guo. , Jiachen, Zhang. , Wenqi, Hu. , Muhammad, Khan. Turab A. & Metin, Sitti. (2021). Shape-programmable liquid crystal elastomer structures with arbitrary three-dimensional director fields and geometries. Nature Communications. 12. 5936doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26136-8
Jiachen, Zhang. , Ziyu, Ren. , Wenqi, Hu. , Ren, Soon. Hao. , Immihan, Yasa. Ceren. , Zemin, Liu. & Metin, Sitti. (2021). Voxelated three-dimensional miniature magnetic soft machines via multimaterial heterogeneous assembly. Science Robotics. 6. abf0112doi:10.1126/scirobotics.abf0112
Jiachen, Zhang. , Yubing, Guo. , Wenqi, Hu. & Metin, Sitti. (2021). Wirelessly actuated thermo‐and magneto‐responsive soft bimorph materials with programmable shape‐morphing. Advanced Materials. 33. 2100336doi:10.1002/adma.202100336
Tianqi, Xu. , Jiachen, Zhang. , Mohammad, Salehizadeh. , Onaizah, Onaizah. & Eric, Diller. (2019). Millimeter-scale flexible robots with programmable three-dimensional magnetization and motions. Science Robotics. 4. eaav4494doi:10.1126/scirobotics.aav4494




Last update date : 21 Jan 2022