Welcome to YJ Laboratory!
We engineer BioRobotics
with eco-friendly, smart
materials & design
Bio-derived materials, Nature-inspired materials & design, Stimuli-responsive materials, Flexible/stretchable electronics, Soft robots, Biohybrid robots
Announcement
New paper on 1/1/2025!
I’m thrilled to share that our recent paper has been published in Science Advances! 
In this work, we introduce a groundbreaking material: a transparent, conductive, self-healing magnetic rubber. By combining a magnetic ionic liquid with a polymer, we effectively confine the magnetic anion within the polymer matrix, paving the way for innovative applications.
Congratulations to Zhang Xuan and team!
MRS Fall 2024
Brought a small team to Boston. Glad that they had good exposure to science communication there. Big congratulations to my postdoc, Zhang Xuan, for winning the Best Poster Award!
RoboSoft 2023
It is a great honor to participate in the planning of RoboSoft 2023, and I would like to express my appreciation to the outstanding team of students who have supported me with the publicity work.
Congratulations to my MSc students (ME5001)!
I am delighted to announce that both my MSc students, Zhou Jinrun and Zhang Biteng, scored A+ for their ME5001!
Congratulations to Max Ang!
Proud to announce that my FYP student, Max Ang Yi Neng, is awarded the NUS-JTC MEDAL AND PRIZE (SUSTAINABILITY) for the best FYP addressing the theme of sustainability. Good job!
Join MH22! (link) I 19th – 21st Sept 2022 I UTown NUS
2nd International Conference on Materials for Humanity (MH 22) is organised by the Materials Research Society of Singapore (MRS-S), in association with National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).