Education Background

Sep 2011 – Jun 2015

Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University

Sep 2007 – Jul 2010

M.Sc. in Applied Chemistry, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University

Sep 2003 – Jul 2007

B.Sc. in Applied Chemistry, Qufu Normal University

Work Experience

Dec 2019 – Present

Professor, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University

Dec 2017 – Dec 2019

Associate Professor, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University

Dec 2014 – Dec 2017

Lecturer, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University

Jul 2010 – Dec 2014

Teaching Assistant, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University

Aug 2021 – Aug 2022

Visiting Scholar in Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Aug 2016 – Aug 2020

Postdoctoral Fellow in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA

Research Fields

Bioelectronics

Major Scientific Achievements

Focused on the development, processing, and applications of functional polymer materials. In recent years, he has led over 20 research projects, including four National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) grants, the Central Guidance for Local Science and Technology Development Project, Jiangxi Provincial Key R&D Program, Jiangxi Outstanding Youth Fund, and Provincial Key Natural Science Foundation projects. He has also participated as a key member in two major national projects, including the Basic Research Strengthening Program of the Military Science and Technology Commission and the National Key R&D Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology.

As first/corresponding author, he has published over 180 SCI-indexed papers in prestigious international journals such as Nature Materials, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, Nature Reviews Materials, and Chemical Society Reviews, including five ESI Hot Papers and seven Highly Cited Papers. His work was selected as one of China's "Top 100 Most Influential International Academic Papers" by the Ministry of Science and Technology, and he has been consecutively listed among the "World's Top 2% Scientists" for four years. His research has been reported by over 150 domestic and international media outlets, including Nature, Science Daily, CCTV News, and Xuexi Qiangguo.

He holds over 20 authorized Chinese and U.S. patents, with six patents successfully transferred. His awards include the China Youth Innovation Award, First Prize of Jiangxi Natural Science Award, Second Prize of Jiangxi Natural Science Award, and Second Prize of Hubei Natural Science Award, among more than 10 others.

He has been selected for national-level talent programs and provincial initiatives such as the Jiangxi Thousand Talents Plan, Jiangxi Leading Academic and Technical Disciplines Leader, Jiangxi Outstanding Youth Talent Program, and Jiangxi Hundred Talents Overseas Program. He has received over 10 individual honors, including National Excellent Teacher, National Outstanding Communist Youth League Member, and Jiangxi Youth May Fourth Medal.

Currently, he serves as Executive Vice Director of the Flexible Electronics Innovation Institute at Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University and Director of the Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics. He also holds roles as a member of the All-China Youth Federation, member of the China Young Scientists and Technologists Association, Vice President of the Jiangxi Young Scientists and Technologists Association, member of the Jiangxi Association for Science and Technology, member of the Jiangxi Youth Federation, member of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (RCCK), and Standing Committee Member of the Nanchang Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

Representative Academic Papers/Publications/Patents

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4663-4706

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Baoyang_Lu

1. 3D Printable High Performance Conducting Polymer Hydrogel for All-Hydrogel Bioelectronics. Nature Materials, 2023, 22: 895–902 (Corresponding Author)

2. Multimaterial cryogenic printing of three-dimensional soft hydrogel machines. Nature Communications, 2025, 16(1): 185 (Corresponding Author)

3. PEDOTs‐Based Conductive Hydrogels: Design, Fabrications, and Applications. Advanced Materials, 2024, 37: 2415151 (Corresponding Author)

4. 3D-printed PEDOT:PSS for soft robotics. Nature Reviews Materials, 2023, 8: 604 (Corresponding Author)

5. High‐Stretchability, Ultralow‐Hysteresis Conducting Polymer Hydrogel Strain Sensors for Soft Machines. Advanced Materials, 2022, 34(32): 2203650 (Corresponding Author)

Authorized Patents:

1. Xuanhe Zhao; Hyunwoo Yuk; Baoyang Lu. Pure conducting polymer hydrogel and hydrogel precursor materials having extraordinary electrical, mechanical and swelling properties and methods of making. US Patent, 2020-09-24, US16/807,533

2. Baoyang Lu; Kai Qu; Jingkun Xu; Ximei Liu; Shuai Chen; Nannan Jian; Xiukai Zhu; Faqi Hu. A novel hydrogen-bond-crosslinked stretchable conductive polymer and its synthesis method. Chinese Patent, 2021-6-4, ZL201811466213.8

3. Baoyang Lu; Qi Zhao; Jingkun Xu; Yu Xue. Conductive polymer 3D printing ink and its preparation method. Chinese Patent, 2019-12-10, CN201911258299.X

4. Baoyang Lu; Qi Zhao; Juyang Liu; Zhixin Wu. Preparation method of conductive polymer hydrogel for solar water purification. Chinese Patent, 2021-4-27, CN202011549379.3

5. Baoyang Lu; Hua Gu; Jingkun Xu; Ximei Liu; Shuai Chen; Nannan Jian; Kai Qu; Meijing Li; Ting Xue; Huan Kang. A hydrogen-bond-crosslinked intrinsically stretchable electrochromic polymer and its preparation method. Chinese Patent, 2020-9-22, ZL201711129752.8