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Eunhyup Doh is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of haptics, soft robotics, and surgical technology. Her primary research focus is the development of tactile feedback systems for robot-assisted surgery, aiming to restore the sense of touch that surgeons lose when operating remotely. Doh’s major contributions center on the design and microfabrication of three-axis tactile display actuators that deliver both normal and shear forces to the fingertip. Her most cited work, “Tactile display with tangential and normal skin displacement for robot-assisted surgery” (2014, 11 citations), introduces a compact pneumatic actuator using PDMS balloons to provide multi-directional haptic cues. This innovation builds on her earlier demonstrations of 3-axis tactile feedback (2011, 8 citations) and microfabrication techniques (2012, 4 citations). While her citation counts are modest, Doh’s work is notable for its early and focused application of soft pneumatic actuators to surgical haptics—a field that has since grown significantly. Her contributions represent foundational steps toward restoring tactile sensation in teleoperated surgery, a critical challenge for improving surgical precision and outcomes.