ZHANG Li

ZHANG Li 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 serves as Director of the SIAT-CAS-CUHK Joint Laboratory of Robotics and Intelligent Systems.

• Research Focus: Small-scale robotics, magnetic slime robots, microrobotic swarms, functional materials for biomedical applications.
• Editorial Roles: Associate Editor/Editorial Board Member of 10 journals including IEEE T-RO, IEEE/ASME T-MECH, and Advanced Intelligent Systems.

His research spans translational biomedicine and minimally invasive interventions, with publications in high-impact journals like Science Robotics, Nature series, and Science Advances. His work on artificial bacterial flagella and microrobotic swarms has been recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records (2012) and Hong Kong’s Top 10 Innovation and Technology News (2022-2024).

• Major Awards:
  • Fellow of IEEE, ASME, RSC, FAAIA, and FHKIE
  • Gold medals at Geneva (2023) and IIFME2024
  • Multiple IEEE conference best paper awards
  • RGC Early Career Award (2013), RGC Research Fellow Award (2021/22)

He has secured over 30 competitive grants from Hong Kong RGC, ITC, Croucher Foundation, NSFC, and Shenzhen government. His projects include META System for stroke treatment and 3D Printing of Miniature Robots for ophthalmology.