Academic Awards
• Awardee of Young Scientists Fund B [formerly Excellent Young Scientists Fund] 2025
• Emerging Investigator of JMCC, 2025
• Mingzhu Elite Talent, 2024
• iCANX Young Scientist Award Finalist, 2024
• Emerging Investigator of China (Outstanding Achievement Award), 2023, Link
• Swissnex Fellow, State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI, Switzerland), 2023
• MINE Young Scientist Award, Microsystems & Nanoengineering (Nature Publishing Group), 2023, Link
• Shanghai Overseas High-Level Talent, 2023
• Best Poster Award (2nd Prize), Nature Conference — Flexible Electronics, 2023
• Best Poster Award, The 4th International Conference on Flexible Electronics, 2022
• Best Poster Award (2nd Place), 9th MRS-S Conference on Advanced Materials (Selected as featured oral presentation, 3 out of 125 contenders from MIT, Yale, EPFL, ETH, NUS, NTU, A*STAR etc.), 2020
• First Prize in Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition Wavelength-Dependent Light-Driven Nanomotor for Potential Nanomedicine Application (Out of 181 teams from 18 HK Univ. and Inst.), 2017
• HKU Postgraduate Scholarship, HKU, 2013
• 1st Class Academic Performance Scholarship, SICCAS, 2012
• 2nd Class Academic Performance Scholarship, SICCAS, 2011
Contributed Peer Review
Nature Biomedical Engineering, Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Account of Chemical Research, Science Advances, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Nano Letters, Small, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, Nano Energy, Chem. Eng. J., npj Flexible Electronics, Micromachines.
Academic Services
• Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Committee Member of the Brain-Computer Interface Biomaterials Subcommittee, Chinese Society for Biomaterials
• Technical Committee Member of 8th International Conference on Robotics, Control and Automation Engineering (RCAE 2025)
• Member of the Brain-Computer Interface and Interaction Subcommittee, Chinese Neuroscience Society
• Member of Institute of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Member of Materials Research Society (MRS)
• Member of American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Member of The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
• Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Biomedical Engineering
• Youth Editorial Board Member of Med-X
• Youth Editorial Board Member of FlexMat
• Youth Editorial Board Member of The Innovation Materials
• Leading Guest Editor of Frontiers in Robotics and AI (IF 4.3)
• Leading Guest Editor and Reviewer Board Member of Micromachines (IF 2.9)
• Reviewer Board Member of Biosensors (IF 5.4)
Academic Presentations
57. Z. Xiong
Youth Academic Seminar of NSFC (T03), China, Nov. 26 2025.
(Invited) Biomedical Flexible Electronics — Frontiers and Challenges, Link.
56. Z. Xiong
ICAFPM 2025, China, Nov. 2025.
(Invited) Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
55. Z. Xiong
The 1st Biomimetic Materials Chemistry Conference, Suzhou, China, Oct. 2025.
(Invited) Bioinspired Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management (Best Presentation Award)
54. Z. Cui, Z. Xiong
IEEE-NMDC 2025, Virtual Conference, Oct. 2025.
(Invited) A printable liquid metal-montmorillonite ink for high-resolution stretchable human-machine interfaces
53. Z. Xiong
Flexible Electronics Technology and Application Innovation Forum, Suzhou, China, Sep. 2025.
(Invited) Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
52. Z. Xiong
The 9th Symposium of Flexible & Stretchable Electronics, Shenzhen, China, Sep. 2025.
Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
51. Z. Xiong
2nd BMEMat-Advanced Materials Joint Symposium & International Meeting on Biomedical Engineering (IMBME), Jinan, China, Jul. 2025, Link.
(Invited) Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
50. Z. Xiong
ICMAT 2025, Singapore, July. 2025, Link.
Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
49. Z. Xiong
Invited Talk hosted by Prof. Kun Zhang, School of Medicine UESTC, Chengdu, China, May 2025.
Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
48. Z. Xiong
Invited Talk hosted by Prof. Xuemei Sun, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Jan. 2025.
Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
47. Z. Xiong
The 2nd Med-X International Conference, Shanghai, China, Dec. 2024, Link.
(Invited) Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
46. Z. Xiong
Micro-Nano Sensing Technology and Detection Innovation Forum, Shanghai, China, Nov. 2024
Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
45. Z. Xiong
Future Hospitals, Vol. 2 – Formulas For Health
, Shanghai, China, Nov. 2024, Link.
44. Z. Xiong (Organizing Committe Member & Session Chair)
National Conference on Electronic Materials and Devices , Yantai, China, Oct. 2024, Link.
(Invited) Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
43. Z. Xiong
International Symposium of Flexible & Stretchable Electronics (ISFSE), Wuhan, China, Sep. 2024
Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
42. Z. Xiong (Session Chair)
The 2nd Symposium on Advanced Materials and Smart Sensing Devices, Changsha, China, Aug. 2024
(Invited) Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
41. Z. Xiong
2024 SES Annual Techincal Meeting, Hangzhou, China, Aug. 2024
(Invited) Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
40. Z. Xiong
iCANX Davos Summit, Davos, Switzerland, Jul. 2024
(Invited) Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Future Digital Wound Management
39. Z. Xiong (Session Chair)
Conference on Micro and Nano Technology for Healthcare Innovation, Wuhan, China, May 2024
Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
38. Z. Xiong
Forum on Flexible Electronics Technology and Application Innovation, Shenzhen, China, May 2024
Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
37. Z. Xiong
iCANX Youth Talk, Online, Mar. 2024, Link
(Invited) Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
36. Z. Xiong
Future Hospitals Swissnex Event, Shanghai, China, Mar. 2024, Link
(Invited) Wireless and flexible bioelectronics for digital healthcare in hospital
35. Z. Xiong
NanoMem Distinguished Talk hosted by Prof. Enming Song, Fudan University, China, Jan. 2024
Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
34. Z. Xiong
21st IEEE MDBS-BHE Symposium, City University of Hong Kong, China, Dec. 2023
Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
33. Z. Xiong
2nd China Conference on the Development of Medical Engineering, Tianjin, China, Dec. 2023, Link
Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
32. Z. Xiong
Invited Talk at Xianlin Forum hosted by Prof. Pingqiang Cai, Nanjing University, China, Nov. 2023, Link
Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
31. Z. Xiong
Invited Talks at FlexMat Forum hosted by Prof. Ting Wang, Nanjing, China, Nov. 2023, Link
Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
30. Z. Xiong
Nature Conference: Flexible Electronics – Science for a Sustainable World, Xiamen, China, Nov. 2023
Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Sustainable Wound Management
29. Z. Xiong
Invited Talk at ME Academic Forum hosted by Prof. Yichao Tang, Tongji University, Shanghai, Cina, Oct. 2023, Link
Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
28. Z. Xiong
Frontiers in Science Series, No. 188 (Research Cloud & Nano-Micro Letters), Online, Sep. 2023, Link
(Invited) Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
27. Z. Xiong
2023 Young Scholar Symposium on Flexible Optoelectronics and Smart Fabrics, Donghua University, Shanghai, China, Aug. 2023
(Invited) Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
26. Z. Xiong
2023 MINE Young Scientists Forum, Yantai, China, Aug. 2023
Wireless and Flexible Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
25. Z. Xiong
Chinese Materials Conference 2022-2023, Shenzhen, China, Jul. 2023
Wireless and Smart Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
24. Z. Xiong
Bioelectronics Gordon Research Conference, Andover, US, Jun. 2023
Wireless Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
23. Z. Xiong
Invited Talk hosted by Prof. Fengwei Huo, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China, May 2023, Link
Wireless and Smart Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
22. Z. Xiong
Invited Talk at Rongyu Forum hosted by Prof. Bowen Ji, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China, Apr. 2023
Wireless Bioelectronics for Digital Wound Management
21. Z. Xiong, J. Ho
The 4th International Conference on Flexible Electronics, Hangzhou, China, Dec. 2022
A Wireless and Flexible Infection Sensing Tag Based on Bio-Inspired DNA Hydrogel
20. Z. Xiong, J. Ho
2022 Materials Reserach Society Fall Meeting, Boston, US, Nov. 2022
Wirelessly Operated Flexible Wound Infection Sensing Tag Based on Bioresponsive Hydrogel
19. Z. Xiong, J. Ho
2022 IEEE International Microwave Biomedical Conference, Suzhou, China, May, 2022
Wirelessly Operated Flexible Sensing Tag for Continuous Wound Infection Monitoring
18. Z. Xiong, J. Ho
The International Conference on Flexible and Printed Electronics (ICFPE), Japan, Oct. 2021
(Invited) A wireless and flexible wound infection sensor based on DNA hydrogel
17. Z. Li, Z. Xiong, C. Li, J. Ho
IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN), Jul 2021
Wireless respiration monitoring using a flexible sensor and bistable circuit (2nd best paper award)
16. Z. Xiong, S. Achavananthadith, S. Lian, J. Ho
International Conference on Materials for Humanity (MH21), Singapore, Jul. 2021
A wireless and battery-free wound infection sensor based on DNA hydrogel
15. Z. Xiong, S. Achavananthadith, S. Lian, J. Ho
9th MRS-S Conference on Advanced Materials, Singapore, Dec. 2020
Monitoring of wound infection by bio-responsive DNA hydrogel at radiofrequency;
14. Z. Xiong, Z. Li, J. Ho
10th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, Jun. 2019
Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring Enabled by Wireless Flexible Sensor;
13. Z. Xiong, J. Tang
AiMES 2018 ECS and SMEQ Joint International Meeting, Cancun, Mexico, Oct. 2018, Link
(Invited) Controlling Electron and Photon Transport via Nanoengineering;
12. Z. Xiong, J. Wang, J. Tang
2018 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Phoenix, US, Apr. 2018
The Rationale Design of Electrochemical Redox Couple for Efficient Conversion of Light into Mechanical Energy;
11. Z. Xiong, J. Chen, J. Tang
Nature Conference on Materials Electrochemistry: Fundamentals & Applications, Shenzhen, China, Jan. 2018
Electrochemical Half-Reaction Assisted Sub-Bandgap Photon Sensing in Graphene Hybrid Photodetector;
10. J. Zheng, B. Dai, J. Wang, Z. Xiong, J. Tang
2017 Materials Reserach Society Fall Meeting, Boston, US, Nov. 2017
Independent Positioning of Visible-Light-Driven Bioinspired Microswimmer;
9. J. Wang, Z. Xiong, B. Dai, J. Tang
2016 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, US, Nov. 2016
Wavelength-Dependent Light-Driven Nanomotor;
8. Z. Xiong, Y. Cai, J. Tang
2016 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, US, Nov. 2016
Solution Processed CdS/Cu2S Superlattice Nanowire with Enhanced Thermal Power;
7. B. Dai, J. Wang, Z. Xiong, W. Dai, J. Tang
252nd ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, US, Aug. 2016
Remotely controlled phototactic micro swimmers;
6. Z. Xiong, J. Chen, J. Tang
Graphene Week 2016 – Graphene Flagship, Warsaw, Poland, June 2016
Hot Carrier Separation in Wavelength Selective Graphene Photodetector by Reversible Chemical Electron Reservioir;
5. Z. Xiong, J. Chen, J. Tang
Young Giants of Nanoscience 2016, Hong Kong, China, May 2016
Wavelength-Selective Graphene Photodetector;
4. Z. Xiong, J. Tang
Strategic Research Scheme on Clean Energy Summer Workshop, Hong Kong, China, July 2015
Electrical and Thermal Transport in Chemically Modified Graphene;
3. Z. Xiong, S. Zhuo, X. Liu
2012 Annual Conference of National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Xiamen, China, Aug. 2012
X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study of Magnetism Mechanism of (Cr, Ga)-codoped ZnO Thin Films;
2. Z. Xiong, S. Zhuo, X. Liu
The 5th ZnO Conference of China, Shenzhen, China, Nov. 2011
The Origin of Ferromagnetism in Cr-doped ZnO Films;
1. Z. Xiong, S. Zhuo, X. Liu
The 1st National High Energy Accelerator Strategic Conference, Beijing, China, Aug. 2011
Investigation on Ferromagnetic Mechanism in Cr-doped ZnO Films by Synchrotron Radiation.
xiong-group.com 