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Panding Wang is a rising researcher in the fields of soft robotics, mechanical metamaterials, and advanced polymer composites. His work centers on solving fundamental challenges in interfacing stiff and stretchable materials, enabling new capabilities in flexible electronics, biomedical devices, and robotic manipulators. Wang’s most cited paper (2020, 8 citations) introduces structured interfaces to dramatically improve tensile strength and toughness in stiff/highly stretchable polymer hybrids—a critical advance for reliable, high-performance flexible devices. He has also pioneered an origami-inspired pneumatic flexible manipulator (2023, 7 citations) that combines bio-inspired design with soft actuation, and developed an inverse design framework for highly deformable mechanical metamaterials using partitional semi-random optimization (2025, 6 citations), pushing the boundaries of topology optimization for large-deformation structures. Additionally, his comprehensive review on deformation tracking methods in vision-based tactile sensing (2024, 3 citations) provides a valuable roadmap for researchers. With a growing citation record and contributions spanning materials, mechanics, and robotics, Wang is establishing himself as an innovative voice in the design of next-generation soft and adaptive systems.