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Zhiping Xu
Tsinghua University, China
Dr. Zhiping Xu earned his B.S. and Ph.D. from Tsinghua University. After postdoctoral research at Rice University and MIT, he returned to Tsinghua, where he is now a professor of engineering mechanics and director of the Institute of Solid Mechanics. His research interests span the mechanics and physics of synthetic materials and living systems, with a focus on understanding the complexity and evolutionary nature of matter. His work integrates computational modeling, experimental techniques, and machine intelligence.