Hongbo Zhao (Hong-bo JOW | he/his/his) is a Princeton Bioengineering Initiative-Innovators (PBI2) Postdoctoral Fellow co-advised by Andrej Kosmrlj and Cliff Brangwynne. He did his undergraduate studies at Tsinghua University and graduate work at MIT, both in Chemical Engineering. In his PhD, he studied data-driven modeling of pattern formation in lithium intercalation materials. At Princeton, he is combining theoretical modeling and data-driven methods to study soft and living matter.

Outside of research, Hongbo is interested in nature, photography, and is an amateur astronomer. He looks forward to exploring the darker sky of Princeton compared to Boston and Beijing. He also enjoys watching TV shows while snacking on fruits and yogurt.