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Bijan Nasri-Nasrabadi is a materials scientist and engineer whose research sits at the dynamic intersection of advanced manufacturing, smart materials, and soft robotics. His work focuses primarily on 3D printing of functional materials, electroactive polymers, and stimuli-responsive actuators — fields that are rapidly reshaping biomedical devices, microrobotics, and flexible electronics. Nasri-Nasrabadi's most influential contribution, "Dynamic Hydrogels and Polymers as Inks for Three-Dimensional Printing" (2019), has garnered 81 citations and represents a significant advance in enabling complex, high-resolution 3D-printed structures with remarkable smart properties, including self-healing and tunable mechanical behavior. His earlier work on photo-thermal self-folding actuators (2017, 23 citations) demonstrated innovative fabrication of lightweight, biocompatible soft actuators inspired by origami principles — highly relevant to emerging soft robotics applications. Further contributions include developing carbonized-cellulose-reinforced electroactive polymer composites and exploring graphene oxide nanosheets for solvent-responsive self-folding structures, showcasing his versatility across nanomaterials and composite engineering. His investigations into conductive carbon microtube composite inks for 3D printing further highlight his commitment to bridging materials innovation with practical fabrication techniques, positioning him as a meaningful contributor to the next generation of intelligent, printable functional materials.