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Xiaohao Sun is an emerging researcher at the forefront of advanced manufacturing, smart materials, and structural mechanics, with work spanning 4D printing, active materials, and origami-inspired engineering. His research focuses on developing next-generation functional materials and fabrication strategies that enable programmable, shape-morphing structures with transformative applications in robotics, biomedical devices, aerospace, and metamaterials. Among his most impactful contributions, Sun's work on 4D printing of liquid crystal elastomers via hybrid additive manufacturing (162 citations) demonstrated reversible and programmable actuation capabilities that push the boundaries of soft robotics. His highly cited review on active materials for functional origami (146 citations) synthesized a rapidly growing field, bridging material science with structural design across multiple scales. His innovative grayscale digital light processing approach (133 citations) elegantly solved the longstanding challenge of multimaterial 3D printing within a single vat, enabling structures with dramatically varied mechanical properties. He has also advanced sustainable polymer chemistry through depolymerizable vitrimers and explored snap-folding mechanics in ring origami systems. With a growing citation record and research spanning fabrication innovation to fundamental mechanics, Sun represents a distinctive voice connecting materials science, additive manufacturing, and structural engineering in ways that are rapidly influencing multiple disciplines.