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Joonhwa Choi is an innovative researcher working at the dynamic intersection of soft robotics, wearable electronics, and bioinspired engineering. His work has made significant strides in flexible sensing technologies, most notably through his development of a highly sensitive wearable temperature sensor featuring seamless monolithic integration — a breakthrough that earned over 444 citations and established new benchmarks in negative temperature coefficient thermistor-based artificial skin. Building on this foundation, Choi pioneered deep learning-integrated skin sensors capable of decoding complex human body motions, accumulating nearly 300 citations and advancing the field of soft electronics toward comprehensive body-state monitoring. His creativity extends into bioinspired robotics, where his biomimetic chameleon soft robot — featuring artificial crypsis and thermochromic liquid crystal-based camouflage — garnered over 217 citations and demonstrated a compelling merger of materials science and robotics. More recently, Choi has explored untethered soft actuators and wireless underwater robotic fish inspired by marine vertebrate locomotion, further broadening his contributions to autonomous soft systems. With a cumulative citation count surpassing 1,100, Choi's research consistently bridges fundamental sensing science with imaginative, nature-inspired engineering applications.