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Hongshuai Lei is a leading researcher at the intersection of mechanical metamaterials, flexible electronics, and soft robotics. His work is distinguished by a focus on bioinspired and origami-inspired designs that achieve unprecedented mechanical performance and sensing capabilities. Lei’s foundational paper on “Mechanical properties of hierarchical anti-tetrachiral metastructures” (2017, 123 citations) established a new paradigm for designing lightweight, highly deformable structures with tunable stiffness. He later translated these principles into practical applications, developing a polyurethane sponge-based pressure sensor with a bioinspired microstructure (2022, 71 citations) and a flexible PDMS@rGO sensor with a gradient hierarchical structure and coplanar electrodes (2023, 36 citations), both achieving ultrahigh sensitivity across wide working ranges. More recently, Lei has pioneered the inverse design of highly deformable mechanical metamaterials using partitional semi-random optimization (2025), enabling the rational creation of lattice structures that efficiently transfer force, motion, and energy. His contributions to origami-inspired pneumatic manipulators and vision-based tactile sensing further demonstrate his commitment to bridging fundamental mechanics with real-world robotics and wearable technology. With a growing citation impact exceeding 250 total citations, Hongshuai Lei is shaping the future of adaptive, intelligent materials.