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Dr. Hian Hian See is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of neuromorphic engineering and tactile sensing, whose work is redefining how machines perceive touch. His key research areas include bio-inspired electronic skins, event-driven tactile sensors, and soft piezoresistive materials. Dr. See’s most impactful contribution is his development of a neuro-inspired artificial peripheral nervous system for scalable electronic skins, which has garnered 298 citations and laid the groundwork for lifelike prosthetics and humanoid robots. He further advanced the field with a near-hysteresis-free soft tactile electronic skin (183 citations), solving a critical material challenge through unique nanoscale crack morphologies. His invention of the NeuTouch fingertip sensor, a biologically-inspired, event-driven tactile sensor, enables efficient, spike-based learning for robots and has been instrumental in creating the Spiking Tactile MNIST dataset. Notably, Dr. See has extended tactile perception to tool-mediated sensing, allowing robots to “feel” through grasped objects, and has recently developed a self-spiking linear neuromorphic soft pressure sensor for underwater applications. With a growing citation impact and a portfolio that bridges hardware innovation and machine learning, Dr. See is a leading figure in creating truly sentient robotic systems.