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Zhenkun Zhang is a researcher at the intersection of robotics, biomaterials, and synthetic biology, with key contributions in autonomous underwater systems and smart hydrogels. His work on visual servoing for underwater vehicle manipulation systems, published in 2022 with 31 citations, provides a comprehensive review and case study that advances automatic control in marine robotics. Zhang also pioneered nanofilamentous virus-based dynamic hydrogels, achieving tunable internal structures, injectability, self-healing, and sugar responsiveness at physiological pH—a 2018 paper with 28 citations that addresses the urgent need for multifunctional gels in biomaterials, sensors, and soft robotics. In synthetic biology, his 2020 review on automation using biological foundries (13 citations) highlights iterative design challenges and the potential of engineered biological systems. More recently, his 2023 work on robotic organism path planning for marine aquafarms, using value iteration networks, demonstrates practical applications in regional coverage capture. With over 79 citations across these top papers, Zhang’s interdisciplinary research bridges robotics, materials science, and bioengineering, offering innovative solutions for autonomous systems and responsive materials.