Xun Zhao

Xun Zhao is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Virginia. He received his Ph.D. in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering from UCLA in 2024. His research focuses on intelligent soft magnetoelastic materials and wearable bioelectronics, with specific emphasis on self-powered sensors for dynamic physiological monitoring and disease diagnosis. Recent breakthroughs include magnetoelastic vascular grafts for stenosis diagnosis, self-powered stents for restenosis detection, and soft patches for decoding fatigue and diagnosing Parkinson’s Disease. His work has been published in venues such as *Nature Biotechnology*, *Nature Electronics*, and *Nature Cardiovascular Research*. He also investigates acoustic energy harvesting from soft matter and advances 2D materials for wearable biomonitoring.