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Minghan was born in Nanning, China, and earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Materials Science from Beijing University of Chemical Technology in Beijing, China. Following his studies, Minghan pursued his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany, where he graduated in January 2019. His doctoral research was conducted under the joint supervision of Prof. Katharina Landfester, Prof. Héloïse Thérien-Aubin, and Dr. Markus Bannwarth. After a brief postdoctoral position in Mainz, Minghan continued his research journey at ETH Zurich Switzerland as a postdoctoral researcher in the Laboratory for Soft Materials and Interfaces, led by Prof. Lucio Isa.

 

Since 2024, Minghan has started his group with the support of SNSF Ambizione grant at Department of Mechanical the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich. His group focuses on advancing soft materials towards intelligent microrobots, with a particular emphasis on biomedical applications.

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Minghan lives with his wife in Zurich. When not immersed in work, he enjoys hiking and skiing in the Alps, playing basketball, and assembling Lego bricks.​​

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Awards

2026

  • Emerging Investigator_RSC Applied Polymers

2025

  • Future Faculty in Nanoscale Science Engineering at AIChE 2025, Boston.

2023

  • Emerging Leader_Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter.

  • Swiss National Science Foundation Ambizione Grant.

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Academic Service​

2026

  • Session Chair, ECIS (European Colloid & Interface Scociety) Conference.

2025

  • Organizer, ETH Soft Materials Seminar, 2025 - present.

2024

  • Scientific Committee Member, ECIS (European Colloid & Interface Scociety) Conference.

2022

  • Session Chair, ETH MaP Graduate Symposium.

 

Invited Seminars and Conferences

2026

  • Keynote Speaker, ECIS (European Colloid & Interface Society) Conference, Granada, Spain.

  • The University of Edinburgh, UK.

  • University of Helsinki, Finland (online seminar).

2025

  • MaP Doctoral School, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

  • Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany.

2024

  • Workshop: Intelligent Soft Matter, Spain.

  • University of Science and Technology Beijing, China (online seminar).

2023

  • Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, China.

2021

  • Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

  • University of Lisbon, Portugal (online seminar).

2019

  • Sun Yat-Sen University, China.​

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