Biography
Zhenan Bao is the K. K. Lee Professor, Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, of Chemistry, and of Bioengineering at Stanford University. Bao founded the Stanford Wearable Electronics Initiative (eWEAR) and is the current faculty director. At Stanford, Bao has pioneered molecular design concepts and fabrication processes to advance the scope and applications of skin-inspired electronics. Her group discovered nano confinement effect of conjugated polymers in polymer blends, which established the fundamental foundation for skin-inspired electronic materials and devices. Her work has resulted in new materials and device solutions for soft robotics, wearable and implantable electronics for precision health, precision mental health and advanced tools for understanding neuroscience and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. She received her Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from The University of Chicago in 1995.