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Education/Academic qualification
Doctoral degree, Natural Sciences, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
Award Date: 30 Mar 2017
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 13 Climate Action
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DIMENSION: Life-inspired physical feedback networks in multidimensional hydrogels
Zhang, H. (Principal investigator) & Wu, J. (Project Member)
01/01/2025 → 31/12/2029
Project: EU Horizon Europe ERC
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FEEDBACK/Zhang: Life-inspired physical feedback coupling in multidimensional hydrogels
Zhang, H. (Principal investigator) & Huang, X. (Project Member)
01/09/2024 → 31/08/2028
Project: RCF Academy Research Fellow (new)
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Light-actuatable self-healing hydrogels for soft robots
Zhang, H. (Principal investigator)
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2023
Project: RCF Postdoctoral Researcher
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DRIVEN: Field driven materials for functions, dissipation, and mimicking Pavlovian adaptation
Ikkala, O. (Principal investigator), Hong, X. (Project Member), Ressouche, E. (Project Member), Cherian, T. (Project Member), Kiefer, S. (Project Member), Zhang, H. (Project Member), Nath, A. (Project Member), Som, A. (Project Member), Girmay, S. (Project Member), Liang, C. (Project Member), Turunen, M. (Project Member), Eklund, A. (Project Member), Peng, B. (Project Member), Chandra, S. (Project Member), Srbova, L. (Project Member), Wani, O. (Project Member), Gustavsson, L. (Project Member), Hu, S. (Project Member), Fang, Y. (Project Member), Piho, K. (Project Member) & Lin, Z. (Project Member)
01/10/2017 → 30/09/2022
Project: EU: ERC grants
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In-situ temperature/strain-dependent SAXS/WAXS measurement of a thermo-responsive hydrogel with switchable micromorphology and optical prope
Fang, Y. (Creator), Hu, S. (Creator), Huang, X. (Creator), Liang, C. (Contributor), Lyu, Z. (Creator), Zhang, H. (Contributor) & Sztucki, M. (Contributor), European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 4 Apr 2028
DOI: 10.15151/esrf-es-2036032827, https://doi.esrf.fr/10.15151/ESRF-ES-2036032827
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