Zhiqiang MA, an Associate Professor, a National Young Scholar. He obtained his Ph.D. from Beihang University in June 2021. From August 2021 to June 2025, he was appointed as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the MPM Laboratory of City University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Center for Cerebro-cardiovascular Health Engineering (COCHE). His current research focuses on bio-inspired sensing, flexible MEMS, fluid dynamics detection. His research findings have been published in over 30 international journals, including Advanced Materials (Inside cover), Advanced Functional Materials (4, including a cover paper), Advanced Science (3, including a cover paper), ACS Nano (cover paper), and Cell Reports Physical Science. Among these, 21 are first/corresponding author papers, including 4 cover articles and 1 ESI highly cited paper. His work has been highlighted in top international academic journals such as Device (a sister journal of Cell). He has also contributed one chapter to an English monograph and co-authored a paper in Nature. He has applied for/been granted 5 invention patents, including 2 U.S. patents. He serves as a Youth Editorial board member and Guest Editor for journals such as Nano-Micro Letters (IF: 36.3) and Exploration (IF: 22.5). He has received honors and awards including the Gold Award at the Asian International Innovation Invention Awards, Rising Stars of Newton (a sibling journal to Cell), and the Beijing Outstanding Graduate Award.

Honors & Awards

2025  Rising Stars of Newton (a sister journal to Cell)

2023  Gold Award for Asia International Innovative Invention Award

2022  Sliver Prize for The COCHE Outstanding Scholars in Cardiovascular Engineering (OS-CARE) Awards

2022  The COCHE Young Scientist Grant Awards

2022 Second-class Prize for The Fifth China Medical Devices Design & Entrepreneurship Competition

2021  Bronze Prize for The COCHE Outstanding Scholars in Cardiovascular Engineering (OS-CARE) Awards

2021  Research Talent Hub of the Innovation and Technology Fund, Hong Kong

2021  Outstanding Graduate of Beijing City

2020  Graduate Excellent Academic Paper Award, Beihang University

2019  National Scholarship for Graduate Student

2019  The Academic Excellence Foundation of BUAA for PhD Students

2019  Tertiary Prize for ISBE 2019 International Bionic Innovation Competition

2019   Graduate Excellent Academic Paper Award, Beihang University

Academic Service

2026-  Young Editorial Board Member, Journal of Bionic Engineering  (Impact factor: 5.8) 

2026-  Young Editorial Board Member, Ocean (Tsinghua University Press) 

2026-  Young Editorial Board Member, Research (a science partner journal, Impact Factor: 10.9) 

2025-  Young Editorial Board Member, Nano-Micro Letters (Impact factor: 36.3)

2024-  Young Editorial Board Member for Exploration (Impact factor: 22.5)

2024  Guest Editor, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Special Issue: Bio-inspired Flexible Flow Sensors Assisting Beyond Robots' Navigation 

2024  Guest Editor, Nanomaterials, Special Issue: Advanced Nanotechnology in Intelligent Flexible Devices