Dr. Ru is currently working as Assistant Researcher in the College of Computer and Information Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, China. He obtained a Master of Science degree in Organic Chemistry from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), Nanjing, China, in 2014. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU), Xi’an, China, in 2018. He has extensive research experience in multidisciplinary fields of Smart Material and System, Materials Physics and Chemistry, and Electrochemistry. He has worked on different research projects as a project fellow and assistant research fellow funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. He has published 16 research articles in international journals of repute and 1 book chapter in knowledge-based book editions published by renowned international publishers. He has attended various international and national conferences. He worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the field of ionic electro-active polymer at the Inorganic Functional Material Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Osaka, Japan, from January 2019 to July 2020. His research interests include smart materials and systems, ionic electro-active polymer actuators and sensors.