Materials Horizons Emerging Investigator Series: Professor Francesca Santoro, Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen, Germany
Our Emerging Investigator Series features exceptional work by early-career researchers working in the field of materials science.
Materials Horizons Emerging Investigator Series: Professor Jingjing Duan, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
Our Emerging Investigator Series features exceptional work by early-career researchers working in the field of materials science.
Materials Horizons Emerging Investigator Series: Professor Yiyang Li, University of Michigan, USA
Our Emerging Investigator Series features exceptional work by early-career researchers working in the field of materials science.
Materials Horizons Emerging Investigator Series: Professor Zhengbao Yang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Our Emerging Investigator Series features exceptional work by early-career researchers working in the field of materials science.
Materials Horizons Emerging Investigator Series: Associate Professor Dr Xuhui Zhang, Jiangnan University, China
Our Emerging Investigator Series features exceptional work by early-career researchers working in the field of materials science.
Materials Horizons Emerging Investigator Series: Professor Dr Hai-Bo Zhao, National Engineering Laboratory for Eco-Friendly Polymer Materials (Sichuan), College of Chemistry, Sichuan University
Our Emerging Investigator Series features exceptional work by early-career researchers working in the field of materials science.
Materials Horizons Emerging Investigator Series: Professor Dr Wee-Jun Ong, Center of Excellence for NaNo Energy & Catalysis Technology (CONNECT), Xiamen University, Malaysia
Our Emerging Investigator Series features exceptional work by early-career researchers working in the field of materials science.
Materials Horizons Emerging Investigator Series: Dr Jie Xu, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Our Emerging Investigator Series features exceptional work by early-career researchers working in the field of materials science.
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An organic brain-inspired platform with neurotransmitter closed-loop control, actuation and reinforcement learning
Organic neuromorphic platforms have recently received growing interest for the implementation and integration of hybrid systems, acting as a bridge between biological tissue and artificial computing architectures.
About this collection
Materials Horizons is pleased to present this growing web collection, showcasing the work being conducted by Emerging Investigators in materials science. It highlights up-and-coming scientists in the early stages of their independent careers, who have been identified as having the potential to influence future directions in the field.
This collection will feature our Emerging Investigators from 2024 and 2025 and will be updated when new Emerging Investigator Series papers are published – so keep checking this page and watch the collection grow.
More details about the Emerging Investigator Series can be found in this editorial, including details on how to apply for consideration. Interviews with the corresponding authors featured in this collection can be found below.
Look back at our previous Emerging Investigators from 2020 and 2021 and 2022 and 2023.
2024
Dr Jie Xu, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Professor Dr Wee-Jun Ong, Center of Excellence for NaNo Energy & Catalysis Technology (CONNECT), Xiamen University, Malaysia
Associate Professor Dr Xuhui Zhang, Jiangnan University, China
Professor Jingjing Duan, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
Professor Yiyang Li, University of Michigan, USA
Professor Francesca Santoro, Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen, Germany