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Muhammad Khatib is a leading researcher in the field of self-healing soft electronics and wearable sensors, with a focus on creating materials that mimic the resilience and functionality of human skin. His major contributions include pioneering the use of immiscible dynamic polymers to enable autonomous alignment and healing in multilayer soft electronics, a breakthrough that eliminates the need for manual layer alignment and significantly enhances device durability. Khatib’s work on self-healing soft sensors, published in 2021, has garnered 213 citations, underscoring its impact on the development of electronic skins for robotics and prosthetics. He has also advanced stretchable, highly permeable nanofibrous sensors for detecting complex human body motion, addressing critical challenges in wearable technology for rehabilitation and kinematics. More recently, his research on shape-memory-assisted self-healing of macroscopic punctures using high-energy-density periodic dynamic polymers has opened new avenues for tunable actuation in soft robotics. With over 480 total citations across his most-cited works, Khatib’s innovations are driving the next generation of resilient, adaptive electronic and robotic systems.