Dr. Liang Liang

Biography

Liang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford and an Official Fellow at Kellogg College. His research focuses on soft robotics and biosensors, exploring embodied-AI solutions for healthcare and biomedical applications. He earned his PhD from Imperial College London, with a focus on medical robotics. Between 2017 and 2020, he was a key researcher in the EPSRC Motion RoboPatient projects, developing virtual simulators and wearables for medical training. In early 2021, Liang joined the Oxford Robotics Institute, participating in the Embodied Intelligence Program to develop soft-sensing skin robots that work collaboratively with humans. In 2022, he was elected co-chair of the Research Staff Forum in the MPLS Division and appointed as a member of the Research Staff Consultation Group at Oxford. He has been awarded the MPLS Enterprise Innovation Fellowship and the Ideas2Impact Fellowship at Saïd Business School. In 2023, he became an Associate Professor at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, contributing to the Podium Institute for Sports Medicine Technology, where he works on innovative AI wearable robotics technologies aimed at monitoring and preventing movement-related injuries in sports. Liang's recent publications include works on sensorized laryngoscope training systems, soft pneumatic robots, and embodied active tactile perception.

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