Fangzhou Xia received a dual bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering (ME) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, and in electrical and computer engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 2015. He received a master’s degree, in 2017, and a Ph.D. degree, in 2020, both in ME from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA. He is currently a postdoc researcher jointly appointed in the ME and physics departments at MIT. His research interests include precision instrumentation, intelligent control, nanofabrication of smart functional materials, and metaverse for applications in novel transducers, nano-robotics, ingestible electronics, and digital learning.