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Onaizah Onaizah is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of magnetic actuation, soft robotics, and minimally invasive medicine. Her work focuses on developing untethered, magnetically driven micro- and milli-scale robots capable of navigating the complex environments of the human body—an area with transformative implications for surgical intervention and targeted drug delivery. Her most influential contribution, "Millimeter-scale flexible robots with programmable three-dimensional magnetization and motions" (2019), has accumulated over 680 citations, establishing her as a leading voice in small-scale magnetic soft robotics. This work demonstrated how patterned magnetization enables rapid, complex shape transformations and diverse locomotion strategies—capabilities critical for next-generation medical microrobots. Complementing this, her research on untethered magnetic microgrippers, wireless surgical scissors, and cable-less forceps collectively advances the vision of dexterous, miniaturized tools that can access previously unreachable anatomical sites without conventional mechanical tethering. More recently, Onaizah has expanded her focus to patient-specific magnetic catheters and braided soft continuum robots, addressing real surgical challenges such as atraumatic endoscopy and cardiovascular intervention. Her work on material characterization for magnetic soft robots further strengthens the theoretical foundations of the field. With a growing citation record and broad clinical relevance, Onaizah represents an exciting and impactful voice in the future of surgical robotics.