Dr. Xia Sun is an incoming Research Associate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, starting in November 2025. He earned his Ph.D. in Forestry from the University of British Columbia, where he studied under Prof. Feng Jiang in the Sustainable Functional Biomaterials Lab. His research focuses on sustainable cellulose-based materials for applications in flexible electronics, adhesives, and hydrogels. Dr. Sun previously conducted visiting research at CERMAV, Université Grenoble Alpes, and received his Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from Tianjin University and Nankai University, respectively. He has authored numerous papers in leading journals such as Advanced Materials and Advanced Functional Materials and received prestigious awards including the ACS CELL Division Graduate Student Award and the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad. His work integrates biomaterials engineering, nanocellulose chemistry, and sustainable materials science to advance renewable solutions for next-generation technologies