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Zhijun Ma is a leading innovator in stretchable electronics and soft bio-interfaced systems, whose work bridges materials chemistry, device engineering, and wearable technology. His research centers on developing permeable, deformable conductors and self-powered sensory platforms that can seamlessly integrate with the human body. Ma’s most influential contribution is the invention of a permeable superelastic liquid-metal fibre mat, which enables biocompatible and monolithic stretchable electronics—a paper that has garnered over 729 citations for its paradigm-shifting approach to breathable, high-performance soft circuits. He also pioneered chemical formation routes for soft metal electrodes, a foundational advance for flexible and wearable electronics cited more than 300 times, and has driven the field toward self-powered functionality, as demonstrated by his work on thermoelectric-based temperature electronic skin. More recently, Ma has pushed into bio-inspired actuation, developing liquid crystal elastomer optical fiber artificial muscles capable of multimodal, precisely controlled movement. Through these contributions, he has established himself as a key architect of next-generation wearable systems that are not only stretchable and comfortable but also intelligent and energetically autonomous.