UCLA Samueli Announces Class of 2024 Honorees and Beginning Student Presenters

Xun Zhao

Bioengineering
Doctor of Philosophy, spring 2024

Xun Zhao graduated with a Ph.D. in bioengineering. Zhao’s research focuses on bioelectronics for energy and healthcare applications. Some of his previous work includes the invention of a soft magnetoelastic generator (elastic magnet) to convert human body energy into electrical signals that a computer can analyze.

At UCLA, Zhao was a member of the wearable bioelectronics research group, led by assistant professor of bioengineering Jun Chen. A prolific researcher, Zhao has authored more than 50 journal articles, including 17 as first author. His research has been published in Nature Materials (twice), Nature Electronics, Chemical Reviews, Science Advances, Nature Communication, Joule, Matter, Advanced Materials and more. In 2023, Zhao received a Graduate Student Award from the Materials Research Society.

After graduation, Zhao will continue at UCLA as a postdoctoral researcher.