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Minghan Hu is a pioneering researcher at the forefront of intelligent soft matter, an emerging field that fuses materials science, physics, and cognitive science. His work reimagines materials not as passive structures but as dynamic, life-like systems capable of perception, learning, memory, and adaptive behavior. In his landmark 2025 paper, “Intelligent soft matter: towards embodied intelligence,” Hu lays the conceptual and technical groundwork for a new class of materials that can sense, process, and respond to their environment—blurring the line between material and machine. Though still early in his career, his contributions have already garnered significant attention, with his most-cited work accumulating 16 citations and sparking interest across multiple disciplines. Hu’s vision of embodied intelligence in soft matter promises to revolutionize how we design and interact with materials, from self-healing structures to adaptive robotics. For students and researchers alike, his work offers a compelling glimpse into a future where materials think, learn, and adapt—a paradigm shift that Hu is helping to lead from its very inception.