Zhen Yin

Professor at Tongji University and Full-time Mentor at Shanghai Institute of Creative Intelligence.

Yin Zhen is a Full-time Mentor at Shanghai Institute of Creative Intelligence and a Professor and PhD Supervisor at the School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Tongji University. He is a recipient of the National High-Level Young Talent Program. Before 2022, he was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University and his bachelor’s degree in Mechanics from Fudan University. He is the Principal Investigator of the “Everything is Alive” Lab, with research focusing on bio-inspired modular and swarm robotics, intelligent design, and advanced manufacturing. His research has been published as first or corresponding author in top journals and conferences such as Science and Nature Communications, and has been featured by Science, PNAS, CCTV News, Physics World, and other major scientific and professional media outlets.