In the Media
Media coverage of Prof. Kan Li and the group’s research (grouped by category).
Interviews (4)
In-depth interviews and personal stories about Kan Li.
- 2025.09.27 Baidu Baike Kan Li — Professor and Ph.D. Advisor at HUST School of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Baidu Baike profile: an authoritative summary of his biography, research directions, key achievements, and awards.
- 2022.10.05 HUST Admissions Office Kan Li: devoted to research, an “overpowered” life
HUST Admissions Office profile: Kan Li’s research-driven journey and his philosophy of scholarship.
- 2021.09.25 The Paper Kan Li: Serving the nation through science, true to his original aspiration
A profile on the Nature-cover microflier and his commitment to returning to China.
- 2021.09.24 DeepTech Solving the post-packaging stretchability challenge of flexible circuits with 3D structures — this 28-year-old mechanics star is returning to HUST | Interview
In-depth interview with Kan Li: breaking the “packaging paradox” of flexible electronics via 3D buckling structures, and sharing his plan to return to Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
Returnee Stories (4)
Reports on returning to teach in China, from hometown and alumni perspectives.
- 2025.10.17 Tsinghua University Kan Li: tackling the “chokepoint” challenges of microfliers
Tsinghua Alumni Association “Returned Tsinghua” series: focusing on microflier research aligned with national needs.
- 2025.09.27 People’s Daily From Tsinghua to Cambridge, he returned at 28 to become a professor!
People’s Daily official account profile: from Tsinghua’s Qian Class to a Cambridge postdoc, joining HUST full-time at 28, tackling the flexible-electronics “packaging paradox” and 3D microfliers.
- 2025.09.25 The Paper This “post-90s” from Rizhao became a university professor!
The Paper feature: the “post-90s” professor Kan Li, from Tsinghua to Cambridge, returning to teach at 28, highlighted by People’s Daily and other media.
- 2023.01.26 Haiqu United Front Returning home for the New Year: witnessing the changes in his hometown
The Haiqu (Rizhao) United Front department reports the story of high-level returnee Kan Li returning home for the New Year, showing his bond with his hometown.
Research Coverage (5)
Coverage and interpretation of representative research results.
- 2022.08.23 Tsinghua Alumni Association Amazing! He replaced mature dandelion seeds with micro-sensors!
Tsinghua Alumni Association reports Kan Li and Yong’an Huang’s group replacing mature dandelion seeds with micro-sensors, and their breakthrough in flexible intelligent skin for microfliers.
- 2021.09.28 HUST School of Materials Nature publishes new faculty member Kan Li’s “wind-dispersed-seed-inspired 3D microelectronic microflier”
The HUST flexible-electronics fabrication team reports Kan Li’s Nature paper and introduces iFlexSense, a flexible intelligent-skin measurement technique developed with Prof. Yong’an Huang’s group.
- 2021.09.23 Zhishan Academic Circle Today’s Nature Cover: buckling-mechanics-assembled wind-seed-inspired 3D microelectronic microflier
Academic-media interpretation of the Nature cover paper, highlighting the buckling-mechanics assembly strategy and large-scale multiscale fabrication.
- 2021.09.22 ScienceNet China–US–Korea team creates the smallest electronic flier ever
Reports the Nature cover paper “wind-dispersed-seed-inspired 3D microelectronic microflier”; Kan Li is co-first author.
- 2021.09.22 SciTechDaily Winged Microchip Is Smallest-Ever Human-Made Flying Structure
International science outlet coverage of the Nature cover “wind-dispersed-seed 3D microelectronic microflier”; Kan Li is co-first author.