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Tampere University
hao.zeng [at] tuni.fi (hao[dot]zeng[at]tuni[dot]fi)
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About me

I currently hold a tenure-track position as an Associate Professor of Soft Matter Robotics at Tampere University and a title of Academy Research Fellow from Academy of Finland. I lead a research Group Light Robots

Our group work at the interface between physics, soft mechanics and material engineering. We are interested in developing general research routes for materials robotics that are out of equilibrium, locomotive, interactive, and capable of self-feedback, adaptation, and communication.

Top achievements

Becoming a father to my daughter, followed by my son.

Research topics

We seek ideas for imaginative projects.

We're also big fans of scientific jokes. See updates in group gallery. 

Research fields

Optics, soft mechanics, stimuli-responsive materials

Funding

Academy Research Fellow (2021-2026); ERC-StG-2022, From light fueled self-oscillators to light communicating material networks -ONLINE (2023-2028)

Research career

Associate Professor (tenure track), Soft Matter Robotics, Tampere University, 11.2023-10.2028

Academy Research Fellow, Academy of Finland, Tampere University, 2021-2026

Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researcher, Tampere University, 2018-2021

Post-doc, Tampere University of Technology, 2016-2018

PhD, European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS) / University of Florence, Atomic and Molecular Photonics, 3/2015.

M. Sc, Photonics and Technology, Nankai University, China, 7/2011

B. Sc, Physics, Nankai University, China, 7/2008