Sun Lab
Principal Investigator
Mengmeng Sun, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore
Education
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), Harbin Institute of Technology
B.S. (Mechanical Engineering), Wuhan University
Research Experience
Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow (2023-2025), Max Planck Institute for Intelligent System
Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2023), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Biography
Dr. Mengmeng Sun earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology, under the supervision of Prof. Hui Xie. After completing his Ph.D., he joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong as a postdoctoral fellow under the mentorship of Prof. Li Zhang. Later, he received a prestigious Humboldt Foundation grant to conduct research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany with Prof. Metin Sitti. Dr. Sun eventually returned to Singapore, where he established his own research group. His research focuses on miniature robots, with a special emphasis on their medical applications. To date, he has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles in top-tier international journals, including Science Robotics, Science Advances, Nature Communications, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Advanced Materials. His work has also garnered attention from major media outlets such as the BBC, CNN, and others, underscoring the impact of his contributions to the field of miniature robotics.
Selected Journal Publications
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Xie, H.^, Sun, M.^, Fan, X.^, Lin, Z., Chen, W., Wang, L., Dong, L. & He, Q. Reconfigurable magnetic microrobot swarm: Multimode transformation, locomotion, and manipulation. Science Robotics, 4(28), eaav8006. (2019).
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Sun, M., Yang, S., Jiang, J., Jiang, S., Sitti, M., & Zhang, L. Bioinspired self-assembled colloidal collectives drifting in three dimensions underwater. Science Advances, 9(45), eadj4201. (2023).
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Sun, M.^, Sun, B.^, Park, M.^, Yang, S., Zhang, M., Kang, W., Yoon, J., Zhang, L. & Sitti, M. Individual and collective manipulation of multifunctional bimodal droplets in three dimensions. Science Advances, 10(29), adp1439. (2024).
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Sun, M.^, Hao, B.^, Yang, S., Wang, X., Majidi, C., & Zhang, L. Exploiting ferrofluidic wetting for miniature soft machines. Nature Communications, 13(1), 7919. (2022).
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Sun, M.^, Wu, Y.^, Zhang, J., Zhang, H., Liu, Z., Li, M., Wang, C. & Sitti, M. Versatile, modular, and customizable magnetic solid-droplet systems. PNAS, 121(32), e2405095121. (2024).
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Sun, M., Yang, S., Jiang, J., & Zhang, L. Horizontal and vertical coalescent microrobotic collectives using ferrofluid droplets. Advanced Materials, 2300521. (2023).
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Sun, M.^, Chan, K. F.^, Zhang, Z.^, Wang, L., Wang, Q., Yang, S., Chan, S. M., Chiu, P. W. Y., Sung, J. J. Y. & Zhang, L. Magnetic microswarm and fluoroscopy-guided platform for biofilm eradication in biliary stents. Advanced Materials, 34(34), 2201888. (2022).