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Qiuna Zhuang is pioneering the next generation of wearable electronics, merging soft materials with advanced sensing to create devices that are not only stretchable and skin-conformable but also breathable and biocompatible. Her research centers on liquid-metal composites, haptic textiles, and bio-inspired electronic skins for human-machine interfaces and robotic perception. Zhuang’s most influential work, a 2021 paper on permeable superelastic liquid-metal fibre mats (729 citations), introduced a monolithic platform for stretchable electronics that maintains conductivity under extreme deformation while allowing air and moisture to pass through—a critical advance for long-term wearability. Building on this, her 2024 study on a fully integrated breathable haptic textile (57 citations) directly addresses the sweating problem in wearables, enabling accurate feedback in VR and robotic control. Equally innovative is her Mormyroidea-inspired electronic skin (54 citations), which achieves non-contact three-dimensional tracking by mimicking weakly electric fish, a leap beyond conventional 2D touch sensors. Zhuang’s work on stretchable neuromorphic systems (46 citations) further demonstrates her ability to integrate tactile sensing with low-power artificial neural processing. With over 890 total citations and a clear trajectory toward solving real-world wearable bottlenecks, Zhuang is a rising leader in soft electronics and intelligent interfaces.