Xin Zhao received his B.S. degree in physics from Peking University, Beijing, China, in 2010, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in materials science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012 and 2017, respectively. He is currently an associate professor at the Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China. His present research interest is primarily biology-inspired computing and data storage technologies. Dr. Zhao was a recipient of the Shanghai Science & Technology 35 under 35 in 2024, the Forbes China Outstanding Overseas Returnees in 2024, and the MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific in 2022.
