Changjin WU

Dr. Changjin Wu is an Assistant Professor, and PhD Supervisor at TsinghuaShenzhen International Graduate School (SIGS). He gotPhD from the Faculty of Science, the University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining Tsinghua SIGS, he worked as a Research Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong and served as Principal Investigator at the Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation Centre.

His research is centered on active soft matter and its intelligent functional systems, encompassing micronanorobotics, microfluidics, and artificial swarm intelligence. Building upon these technological platforms, his work advances a broad spectrum of applications including minimallyinvasive theranostics, smart targeted drug delivery, material selfassembly, wearable devices, and environmental remediation.

Dr. Wu has authored over 20 peerreviewed publications in highimpact journals such as Nature Nanotechnology, Science Advances, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition. His research findings have been highlighted in academic reviews as well as mainstream media outlets including People’s Daily and Xinhuanet.

He holds appointments as Young Editorial Board Member and SpecialIssue Editor for multiple journals, including The Innovation, Exploration, NanoMicro Letters, and Research. He has led competitive research programs such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the University of Hong Kong Seed Fund. His academic recognitions include the Gold Medal at the Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, the Outstanding Paper Award from the University of Hong Kong, and the Teaching Awardin Higher Education. 

Jan. 2018 – Aug. 2021PhD in Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong

Apr. 2016 – Nov. 2017JointMaster Program in Physics, Seoul National University

Sep. 2015 – Aug. 2017Master in Electronic Physics, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Sep. 2013 – Nov. 2014BSc in Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University Sep. 2011 – Jul. 2015BSc in Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University

Special Issue Editor, Biosensors (MDPI)

Special Issue Editor, Micromachines (MDPI)

Young Editorial Board Member, The Innovation (Copublished by CAS and Cell Press)

Young Editorial Board Member, Research (Cofounded by China Association for Science and Technology and AAAS)

Young Editorial Board Member, NanoMicro Letters (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

Young Editorial Board Member, iMeta (Copublished by Institute of Microbiology, CAS and Wiley)

Young Editorial Board Member, Exploration (Sponsored by NanoBiology Division of Chinese Biophysical Society & Henan University)

Young Editorial Board Member, Energy and Environmental Materials (Copublished by Zhengzhou University and Wiley)

Young Editorial Board Member, Materials Future (Dongguan Institute of Materials, CAS)

Young Editorial Board Member, SmartBot (Harbin Institute of Technology)

Our group designs and develops intelligent active materials and functional devices rooted in dissipative systems represented by active colloids. Key research thrusts are listed below: 

1. Locomotion control and swarm intelligence engineering of micronanorobots –

2. Rational fabrication and multiphysics responsive behavior of intelligent soft matter –

3. Development of microfluidic chips and micronano devices (flexible wearables, ionic devices, etc.) –

4. Functional translation of externally actuated active colloids: precision minimallyinvasive theranostics, targeted drug delivery, environmental remediation –

5. Synthesis of morphologicallytunable inorganic and organic micronanoparticles, together with functional material selfassembly.

Principal Investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China(Category C). 

Principal Investigator, Seed Fundof The University of Hong Kong.

Team Member, Hong Kong Senior Research Fellow Scheme.

Team Member, General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong Research Grants Council.

[1] Changjin Wu^#, Jia Dai^#, Xiaofeng Li, et al, Ion-exchange enabled synthetic swarm. Nature Nanotechnology. 2021, 16: 288–295.

[2] Changjin Wu^#, Yaxin Huang^#, Binglin Zeng^#, et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147(44): 40225-40235.

[3] Yaxin. Huang^#, Changjin. Wu^#, Yingnan. Cao, et al. Scalable Integration of Photoresponsive Highly Aligned Nanochannels for Self-poweredIonic Devices. Science Advances. 2024, 10 (51): eads5591.

[4] Changjin Wu^#∗, Xiaolai Li^#∗, Ho Cheung Shum^∗, Micro/nanomotor From Single Modal to Multimodal Propulsion. Nano Research, 2024, 18(7): 94907105.

[5] Jing Zheng, Jingyuan Chen, Yakang Jin, Yan Wen, Yijiang Mu, Changjin Wu, et al. Photochromism from wavelengtn-selective colloidal phase segregation. Nature, 2023, 617: 499-506.

[6] Wanyuan Li^#,Changjin Wu^#, Ze Xiong^#, et al. Self-Driven Magnetorobots for Recyclable and Scalable Micro/Nanoplastics Removal from Non-Marine Waters. Science Advances,2022, 8: 1731.

[7] Yaxin Huang^#, Changjin Wu^#, Jia Dai^#, et al. Polymeric Coating For Tunable Self-Thermophoretic Nanomotor. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2023, 145(36): 19945.

[8] Yaxin Huang^#, Changjin Wu^#, Jinigyuan Chen^#, Jinyao Tang^∗. Colloidal Self-assembly: From Passive to Active System. Angewandte Chemie International Edition,2023, 63(9): e202313885-e202313885.

[9] Changjin Wu, Yuefa Jia, et al. Effect of internal field on the high resistance state retention of unipolar resistance switching in ferroelectric vanadium doped ZnO. Applied Physics Letters,2017, 110(14): 14350.

[10] Changjin Wu, Xiaoli Li, Xiaohong Xu, et al. Self-rectifying resistance switching memory based on a dynamic p–n junction. Nanotechnology, 2021, 32(8): 085203.

[11] Zenyu Yang, Zhongning Jiang, Haisong Lin, Xiaoxue Fan, Changjin Wu, et al. CeyeHao: AI-driven microfluidic flow programming with hierarchically assembled obstacles and receptive field–augmented neural network, Science Advances, 2025,11 (31): eadx2826.

[12] Binglin Zeng, Jialin Lai, Jingyuan Chen, Yaxin Huang, Qingxin Guo, Chao Huang, Xiaofeng Li, Changjin Wu, et al, Photothermal Cavitation-Driven Micromotor to Penetrate Cell Membrane. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025,147 (10): 8906–8916.

[13] Yuxin Gao, Yuan Guo, Yaorong Yang, Yanping Tang, Biao Wang, Qihang Yan, Xiyu Chen, Junxiang Cai, Li Fang, Ze Xiong, Fei Gao, Changjin Wu, et al, Magnetically Manipulated Optoelectronic Microrobots for Optically Targeted Non‐Genetic Neuromodulation, Advanced Materials, 2024, 36(8): 2305632.

[14] Jingyuan Chen, Xiaofeng Li, Qiujiang Liang, Binglin Zeng, JingZheng, Changjin Wu, et al. Dynamic Polymorphic Active Colloidal Assembly and Optically Guided Reconfigurable Photonics, Matter, 2024, 7(10): 3554-3566.

[15] Yuxin Gao, Leyan Ou, Kunfeng Liu, Yuan Guo, Wanyuan Li, Ze Xiong, Changjin Wu, et al. Template‐guided Silicon Micromotor Assembly for Enhanced Cell Manipulation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024,63 (28): e202405895.