Eighth Bell Lecture

Cleveland State University
2121 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
United States

Title: Merging Humans and Machines: Innovation and Translation 

Speaker: Dr. Xuanhe Zhao 

Time: Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 3:00pm 

Where: WH 405 

Biography: 

Xuanhe Zhao is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. The mission of Zhao Lab is merging humans and machines to address grand societal challenges in health and sustainability. Dr. Zhao is the co-inventor and pioneer of nascent research fields, including tough adhesive hydrogels, hard-magnetic soft robotics, and wearable ultrasound imaging. To translate technologies in these fields into societal impacts, he co-founded startup companies, including SanaHeal, Magnendo, and Sonologi. 

Dr. Zhao is a Humboldt Research Awardee. He has been a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher since 2018. Bioadhesive ultrasound, based on Zhao Lab’s work published in Science, was named one of TIME Magazine's Best Inventions of the year in 2022. SanaHeal Inc., based on Zhao Lab’s work published in Nature, was awarded the 2023 Nature Spinoff Prize. Over 15 patents from Zhao Lab have been licensed by companies and have contributed to FDA-approved and widely-used medical devices.