ISBE Fellows

ISBE Fellows

Introduction to ISBE Fellows

ISBE Fellows are the highest academic honor conferred by the IABS, established to recognize scholars who have made outstanding and pioneering contributions to bionic science and engineering. As a lifetime honor, ISBE Fellows are awarded through a rigorous nomination and selection process, with emphasis on the candidate’s academic excellence, innovative capacity, and international influence.

Fellows Directory (2025)

The ISBE Fellows consists of 39 distinguished scholars from over 12 countries, representing the global leadership in bionic research.

  • Julian F. V. Vincent

    Heriot-Watt University

    ・Emeritus President of ISBE

    ・Emeritus President of IABS

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Luquan Ren

    Jilin University

    ・Emeritus President of ISBE

    ・Emeritus President of IABS

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Thomas Stegmaier

    German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf

    ・President of ISBE

    ・President of IABS

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Lei Ren

    Jilin University

    ・Standing Vice-President of  ISBE

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Stanislav N.Gorb

    Kiel University

    ・Vice-President of ISBE

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Hyuneui Lim

    Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials

    ・Vice-President of ISBE

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Chris D. Rudd

    James Cook University in Singapore

    ・Vice-President of ISBE

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Marc Weissburg

    Georgia Institute of Technology

    ・Vice-President of ISBE

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Zhihui Zhang

    Jilin University

    ・Secretary-General of ISBE

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Friedrich Barth

    University of Vienna

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Wilhelm Barthlott

    University of Bonn

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Bharat Bhushan

    The Ohio State University

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Darwin Caldwell

    Italian Institute of Technology

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Zhendong Dai

    Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Ioana Demetrescu

    University Politehnica of Bucharest

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Robert J. Full

    University of California

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Jinji Gao

    Beijing University of Chemical Technology

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Shirong Ge

    Jiangxi University of Science and Technology

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Lei Guo

    Beihang University

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Zhiguang Guo

    Hubei University

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Zhiwu Han

    Jilin University

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Lei Jiang

    Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry CAS

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Minjun Kim

    Southern Methodist University

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Wan Doo Kim

    Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Hao Liu

    Chiba University

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • He Liu

    PetroChina

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Ming Mao

    China North Vehicle Research Institute

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Seeram Ramakrishna

    National University of Singapore

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Mohd Sapuan Salit

    Universiti Putra Malaysia

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Youhong Sun

    Southeast University

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Yunpeng Wang

    Beihang University

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Zuankai Wang

    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Daniel Weihs

    Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Wenjian Wu

    National University of Defense Technology

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Shengquan Xie

    University of Leeds

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Yuying Yan

    University of Nottingham

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Shuhong Yu

    University of Science and Technology of China

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Deyuan Zhang

    Beihang University

    ・ISBE Fellow

  • Di Zhang

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University

    ・ISBE Fellow