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Lina Wang is a leading researcher in the field of soft materials and bioelectronics, with a primary focus on developing advanced conducting polymer hydrogels for flexible strain sensors. Her major contributions center on engineering hydrogels that combine high stretchability, fatigue resistance, and electrical conductivity—critical properties for next-generation wearable devices and soft robotics. Wang’s most cited work, a 2023 paper on fatigue-resistant conducting polymer hydrogels for underwater robotics, has garnered 208 citations, highlighting its significance in enabling durable, skin-like sensors that operate reliably in challenging aquatic environments. She further advanced the field with a study on anisotropic hydrogel structures, published in *Advanced Functional Materials*, which demonstrated how freeze-casting and salting-out processes can create materials with tailored mechanical properties. More recently, Wang developed an adhesive, low-hysteresis alginate-based conductive hydrogel for motion capture, achieving 10 citations in its first year. Her work is notable for bridging fundamental materials science with practical applications, such as human-machine interfaces and robotic sensing, making her a key figure in the push toward more resilient and versatile soft electronics.