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Jiazhe Ma is a leading researcher in the field of smart soft materials, with a primary focus on cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs) and bioinspired conductive hydrogels. Their most significant contribution is the development of mechanochromic, shape-programmable, and self-healable CLCEs using dynamic covalent boronic ester bonds, a breakthrough work published in 2021 that has garnered 347 citations. This innovation enables CLCEs to change color under mechanical stress while being reprogrammable and autonomously repairable, opening new avenues for adaptive optics and soft robotics. Ma further advanced the field by integrating MXene and PEDOT:PSS into poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogels, creating highly conductive materials for bioinspired somatosensory soft actuators (206 citations). Their recent work on ionic conductive CLCEs for biomechanical monitoring and human–machine interaction (96 citations) bridges fundamental materials science with practical applications. Ma has also authored a comprehensive review on smart chiral liquid crystal elastomers (2024, 70 citations), cementing their role as a key figure in this rapidly evolving domain. Their research consistently pushes the boundaries of multifunctional, stimuli-responsive materials with real-world potential.