Zexing Deng received his bachelor’s degree from the East China University of Science and Technology in 2015 and doctor's degree in Xi'an Jiaotong University in 2021. He was also a visiting scholar at the University of Michigan from 2019 to 2020. He is currently investigating stimuli-responsive conductive hydrogels for biomedical applications, and is also involved in developing biodegradable conductive scaffolds for tissue engineering