Faculty Profiles - GU Hongri | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Hongri GU
顧紅曰

DSc in Mechanical Engineering
ETH Zurich, 2022

Assistant Professor
Division of Integrative Systems and Design

(852) 3469 3378
hongrigu@ust.hk
Room IAS2008
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ORCID

0000-0002-6396-3408

ResearcherID

AAL-3245-2021

Scopus ID

57211619611

Research Interest Publications Projects Teaching Assignment RPG Supervision

Research Interest

Microrobots
Soft robotics
Structured magnetic materials
Medical devices

Publications

All Years 25 2025 3 2024 3 2023 3 2022 4 2021 0 2020 4 2019 8

2025 3

Development of electrochemical nanoprobe for real-time intracellular measurements of Fe²⁺ during ferroptosis

Microsystems and Nanoengineering, v. 11, (1), article number 134
Ma, Yanmei; Li, Xinhao; Hu, Weikang; Ruan, Muyang; Yang, Ming; Chang, Lingqian; Gu, Hongri; Hu, Chengzhi
Article

Label-free robotic mitochondrial biopsy

Science Advances, v. 11, (43), article number eadx4289
Ma, Yanmei; Hu, Weikang; Ruan, Muyang; Bao, Feixiang; Liu, Xingguo; Sun, Dong; Gu, Hongri; Hu, Chengzhi
Article

The 2025 motile active matter roadmap

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, v. 37, (14), article number 143501
Gompper, Gerhard; Stone, Howard A.; Kurzthaler, Christina; Saintillan, David; Peruani, Fernado; Fedosov, Dmitry A.; Auth, Thorsten; Cottin-Bizonne, Cecile; Ybert, Christophe; Clément, Eric; Darnige, Thierry; Lindner, Anke; Goldstein, Raymond E.; Liebchen, Benno; Binysh, Jack; Souslov, Anton; Isa, Lucio; di Leonardo, Roberto; Frangipane, Giacomo; Gu, Hongri; Nelson, Bradley J.; Brauns, Fridtjof; Marchetti, M. Cristina; Cichos, Frank; Heuthe, Veit Lorenz; Bechinger, Clemens; Korman, Amos; Feinerman, Ofer; Cavagna, Andrea; Giardina, Irene; Jeckel, Hannah; Drescher, Knut
Article

2024 3

Counterfactual rewards promote collective transport using individually controlled swarm microrobots

Science Robotics, v. 9, (97), article number eado5888
Heuthe, Veit Lorenz; Panizon, Emanuele; Gu, Hongri; Bechinger, Clemens
Article

Light patterning semiconductor nanoparticles by modulating surface charges

Nature Communications, v. 15, (1), article number 9843
He, Xiaoli; Gu, Hongri; Ma, Yanmei; Cai, Yuhang; Jiang, Huaide; Zhang, Yi; Xie, Hanhan; Yang, Ming; Fan, Xinjian; Guo, Liang; Yang, Zhan; Hu, Chengzhi
Article

Scalable high-throughput microfluidic separation of magnetic microparticles

Device, v. 2, (7), article number 100403
Gu, Hongri; Chen, Yonglin; Lüders, Anton; Bertrand, Thibaud; Hanedan, Emre; Nielaba, Peter; Bechinger, Clemens; Nelson, Bradley J.
Article

2023 3

Numerical Study of Metachronal Wave-Modulated Locomotion in Magnetic Cilia Carpets

Advanced Intelligent Systems, v. 5, (10), article number 2300212
Jiang, Hao; Gu, Hongri; Nelson, Bradley J.; Zhang, Teng
Article

Self-folding soft-robotic chains with reconfigurable shapes and functionalities

Nature Communications, v. 14, (1), article number 1263
Gu, Hongri; Möckli, Marino; Ehmke, Claas; Kim, Minsoo; Wieland, Matthias; Moser, Simon; Bechinger, Clemens; Boehler, Quentin; Nelson, Bradley J.
Article

Modular Tangible User Interfaces: Impact of Module Shape and Bonding Strength on Interaction

TEI 2023 - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, Association for Computing Machinery, 2023, article number 1
Pruszko, Laura; Gu, Hongri; Bourgeois, Julien; Laurillau, Yann; Coutrix, Céline
Conference paper

2022 4

Artificial microtubules for rapid and collective transport of magnetic microcargoes

Nature Machine Intelligence, v. 4, (8), p. 678-684
Gu, Hongri; Hanedan, Emre; Boehler, Quentin; Huang, Tian Yun; Mathijssen, Arnold J.T.M.; Nelson, Bradley J.
Article

Increasingly Intelligent Micromachines

Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, v. 5, p. 279-310
Huang, Tian Yun; Gu, Hongri; Nelson, Bradley J.
Article

What we look for at Science Robotics

Science Robotics, v. 7, (71), article number ade5834
Nelson, Bradley J.; Dupont, Pierre; Floreano, Dario; Goldberg, Ken; Gu, Hongri; Jacobstein, Neil; Laschi, Cecilia; Lipson, Hod
Article

FAST AND ROBUST TRANSPORT OF MAGNETIC MICROPARTICLES ON ARTIFICIAL MICROTUBULES

MicroTAS 2022 - 26th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society, 2022, p. 61-62
Gu, Hongri; Hanedan, Emre; Boehler, Quentin; Huang, Tian Yun; Mathijssen, Arnold J.T.M.; Nelson, Bradley J.
Conference paper

2020 4

Magnetic cilia carpets with programmable metachronal waves

Nature Communications, v. 11, (1), article number 2637
Gu, Hongri; Boehler, Quentin; Cui, Haoyang; Secchi, Eleonora; Savorana, Giovanni; De Marco, Carmela; Gervasoni, Simone; Peyron, Quentin; Huang, Tian Yun; Pane, Salvador; Hirt, Ann M.; Ahmed, Daniel; Nelson, Bradley J.
Article

Magnetically Active Cardiac Patches as an Untethered, Non-Blood Contacting Ventricular Assist Device

Advanced Science, v. 8, (1), article number 2000726
Gu, Hongri; Bertrand, Thibaud; Boehler, Quentin; Chautems, Christophe; Vasilyev, Nikolay V.; Nelson, Bradley J.
Article

Publisher Correction: Nanomagnetic encoding of shape-morphing micromachines (Nature, (2019), 575, 7781, (164-168), 10.1038/s41586-019-1713-2)

Nature, v. 578, (7793), p. E10
Cui, Jizhai; Huang, Tian Yun; Luo, Zhaochu; Testa, Paolo; Gu, Hongri; Chen, Xiang Zhong; Nelson, Bradley J.; Heyderman, Laura J.
Article

Response of remanent magnetization to deformation in geological processes using 3D-printed structures

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 539, article number 116241
Liu, Pengfei; Gervasoni, Simone; Madonna, Claudio; Gu, Hongri; Coppo, Andrea; Pané, Salvador; Hirt, Ann M.
Article

2019 2

Magnetic quadrupole assemblies with arbitrary shapes and magnetizations

Science Robotics, v. 4, (35), article number eaax8977
Gu, Hongri; Boehler, Quentin; Ahmed, Daniel; Nelson, Bradley J.
Article

Nanomagnetic encoding of shape-morphing micromachines

Nature, v. 575, (7781), p. 164-168
Cui, Jizhai; Huang, Tian Yun; Luo, Zhaochu; Testa, Paolo; Gu, Hongri; Chen, Xiang Zhong; Nelson, Bradley J.; Heyderman, Laura J.
Article

2017 1

A bio-inspired 3D-printed hybrid finger with integrated ECF (electro-conjugate fluid) micropumps

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, v. 257, p. 47-57
Han, Dong; Gu, Hongri; Kim, Joon wan; Yokota, Shinichi
Article

2015 1

A Novel 3D-Printed Finger Integrated with ECF Micropump

Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Manufacturing, Machine Design and Tribology (ICMDT)
Han, Dong; Gu, Hongri; Kim, Joon-wan; Yokota, Shinichi; Edamura, Kazuya
Conference paper

2014 2

3 Triangular Prism Electrodes Design for Electro-Conjugate Fluid Micropump

Paper presented at 9th JFPS International Symposium on Fluid Power (JFPS)
Gu, Hongri; Kim, Joon-wan; Yokota, Shinichi; Edamura, Kazuya
Conference paper

三角柱-テーパースリット電極対を用いたECFマイクロポンプ

Paper presented at The 14th Machine Design and Tribology Division Meeting in JSME
Gu, Hongri; 金俊完; 横田眞一; 枝村一弥
Conference paper

2013 2

Study on Output Characteristics of downsized ECF micropump

Paper presented at 17th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology
Gu, Hongri; Kim, Joon-wan; Yokota, Shinichi; Edamura, Kazuya
Conference paper

電極対のマイクロ化によるECF効果に関する研究

Paper presented at Unknown Event
GU, Hongri; 金 , 俊完; 横田, 眞一; 枝村, 一弥
Conference paper

Article 3

Development of electrochemical nanoprobe for real-time intracellular measurements of Fe²⁺ during ferroptosis

Microsystems and Nanoengineering, v. 11, (1), article number 134
Ma, Yanmei; Li, Xinhao; Hu, Weikang; Ruan, Muyang; Yang, Ming; Chang, Lingqian; Gu, Hongri; Hu, Chengzhi

Label-free robotic mitochondrial biopsy

Science Advances, v. 11, (43), article number eadx4289
Ma, Yanmei; Hu, Weikang; Ruan, Muyang; Bao, Feixiang; Liu, Xingguo; Sun, Dong; Gu, Hongri; Hu, Chengzhi

The 2025 motile active matter roadmap

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, v. 37, (14), article number 143501
Gompper, Gerhard; Stone, Howard A.; Kurzthaler, Christina; Saintillan, David; Peruani, Fernado; Fedosov, Dmitry A.; Auth, Thorsten; Cottin-Bizonne, Cecile; Ybert, Christophe; Clément, Eric; Darnige, Thierry; Lindner, Anke; Goldstein, Raymond E.; Liebchen, Benno; Binysh, Jack; Souslov, Anton; Isa, Lucio; di Leonardo, Roberto; Frangipane, Giacomo; Gu, Hongri; Nelson, Bradley J.; Brauns, Fridtjof; Marchetti, M. Cristina; Cichos, Frank; Heuthe, Veit Lorenz; Bechinger, Clemens; Korman, Amos; Feinerman, Ofer; Cavagna, Andrea; Giardina, Irene; Jeckel, Hannah; Drescher, Knut

Article 3

Counterfactual rewards promote collective transport using individually controlled swarm microrobots

Science Robotics, v. 9, (97), article number eado5888
Heuthe, Veit Lorenz; Panizon, Emanuele; Gu, Hongri; Bechinger, Clemens

Light patterning semiconductor nanoparticles by modulating surface charges

Nature Communications, v. 15, (1), article number 9843
He, Xiaoli; Gu, Hongri; Ma, Yanmei; Cai, Yuhang; Jiang, Huaide; Zhang, Yi; Xie, Hanhan; Yang, Ming; Fan, Xinjian; Guo, Liang; Yang, Zhan; Hu, Chengzhi

Scalable high-throughput microfluidic separation of magnetic microparticles

Device, v. 2, (7), article number 100403
Gu, Hongri; Chen, Yonglin; Lüders, Anton; Bertrand, Thibaud; Hanedan, Emre; Nielaba, Peter; Bechinger, Clemens; Nelson, Bradley J.

Article 2

Numerical Study of Metachronal Wave-Modulated Locomotion in Magnetic Cilia Carpets

Advanced Intelligent Systems, v. 5, (10), article number 2300212
Jiang, Hao; Gu, Hongri; Nelson, Bradley J.; Zhang, Teng

Self-folding soft-robotic chains with reconfigurable shapes and functionalities

Nature Communications, v. 14, (1), article number 1263
Gu, Hongri; Möckli, Marino; Ehmke, Claas; Kim, Minsoo; Wieland, Matthias; Moser, Simon; Bechinger, Clemens; Boehler, Quentin; Nelson, Bradley J.

Conference paper 1

Modular Tangible User Interfaces: Impact of Module Shape and Bonding Strength on Interaction

TEI 2023 - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, Association for Computing Machinery, 2023, article number 1
Pruszko, Laura; Gu, Hongri; Bourgeois, Julien; Laurillau, Yann; Coutrix, Céline

Article 3

Artificial microtubules for rapid and collective transport of magnetic microcargoes

Nature Machine Intelligence, v. 4, (8), p. 678-684
Gu, Hongri; Hanedan, Emre; Boehler, Quentin; Huang, Tian Yun; Mathijssen, Arnold J.T.M.; Nelson, Bradley J.

Increasingly Intelligent Micromachines

Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, v. 5, p. 279-310
Huang, Tian Yun; Gu, Hongri; Nelson, Bradley J.

What we look for at Science Robotics

Science Robotics, v. 7, (71), article number ade5834
Nelson, Bradley J.; Dupont, Pierre; Floreano, Dario; Goldberg, Ken; Gu, Hongri; Jacobstein, Neil; Laschi, Cecilia; Lipson, Hod

Conference paper 1

FAST AND ROBUST TRANSPORT OF MAGNETIC MICROPARTICLES ON ARTIFICIAL MICROTUBULES

MicroTAS 2022 - 26th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society, 2022, p. 61-62
Gu, Hongri; Hanedan, Emre; Boehler, Quentin; Huang, Tian Yun; Mathijssen, Arnold J.T.M.; Nelson, Bradley J.

Article 4

Magnetic cilia carpets with programmable metachronal waves

Nature Communications, v. 11, (1), article number 2637
Gu, Hongri; Boehler, Quentin; Cui, Haoyang; Secchi, Eleonora; Savorana, Giovanni; De Marco, Carmela; Gervasoni, Simone; Peyron, Quentin; Huang, Tian Yun; Pane, Salvador; Hirt, Ann M.; Ahmed, Daniel; Nelson, Bradley J.

Magnetically Active Cardiac Patches as an Untethered, Non-Blood Contacting Ventricular Assist Device

Advanced Science, v. 8, (1), article number 2000726
Gu, Hongri; Bertrand, Thibaud; Boehler, Quentin; Chautems, Christophe; Vasilyev, Nikolay V.; Nelson, Bradley J.

Publisher Correction: Nanomagnetic encoding of shape-morphing micromachines (Nature, (2019), 575, 7781, (164-168), 10.1038/s41586-019-1713-2)

Nature, v. 578, (7793), p. E10
Cui, Jizhai; Huang, Tian Yun; Luo, Zhaochu; Testa, Paolo; Gu, Hongri; Chen, Xiang Zhong; Nelson, Bradley J.; Heyderman, Laura J.

Response of remanent magnetization to deformation in geological processes using 3D-printed structures

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 539, article number 116241
Liu, Pengfei; Gervasoni, Simone; Madonna, Claudio; Gu, Hongri; Coppo, Andrea; Pané, Salvador; Hirt, Ann M.

Article 2

Magnetic quadrupole assemblies with arbitrary shapes and magnetizations

Science Robotics, v. 4, (35), article number eaax8977
Gu, Hongri; Boehler, Quentin; Ahmed, Daniel; Nelson, Bradley J.

Nanomagnetic encoding of shape-morphing micromachines

Nature, v. 575, (7781), p. 164-168
Cui, Jizhai; Huang, Tian Yun; Luo, Zhaochu; Testa, Paolo; Gu, Hongri; Chen, Xiang Zhong; Nelson, Bradley J.; Heyderman, Laura J.

Article 1

A bio-inspired 3D-printed hybrid finger with integrated ECF (electro-conjugate fluid) micropumps

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, v. 257, p. 47-57
Han, Dong; Gu, Hongri; Kim, Joon wan; Yokota, Shinichi

Conference paper 1

A Novel 3D-Printed Finger Integrated with ECF Micropump

Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Manufacturing, Machine Design and Tribology (ICMDT)
Han, Dong; Gu, Hongri; Kim, Joon-wan; Yokota, Shinichi; Edamura, Kazuya

Conference paper 2

3 Triangular Prism Electrodes Design for Electro-Conjugate Fluid Micropump

Paper presented at 9th JFPS International Symposium on Fluid Power (JFPS)
Gu, Hongri; Kim, Joon-wan; Yokota, Shinichi; Edamura, Kazuya

三角柱-テーパースリット電極対を用いたECFマイクロポンプ

Paper presented at The 14th Machine Design and Tribology Division Meeting in JSME
Gu, Hongri; 金俊完; 横田眞一; 枝村一弥

Conference paper 2

Study on Output Characteristics of downsized ECF micropump

Paper presented at 17th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology
Gu, Hongri; Kim, Joon-wan; Yokota, Shinichi; Edamura, Kazuya

電極対のマイクロ化によるECF効果に関する研究

Paper presented at Unknown Event
GU, Hongri; 金 , 俊完; 横田, 眞一; 枝村, 一弥

2019 2

Magnetic quadrupole assemblies with arbitrary shapes and magnetizations

Science Robotics, v. 4, (35), article number eaax8977
Gu, Hongri; Boehler, Quentin; Ahmed, Daniel; Nelson, Bradley J.
Article

Nanomagnetic encoding of shape-morphing micromachines

Nature, v. 575, (7781), p. 164-168
Cui, Jizhai; Huang, Tian Yun; Luo, Zhaochu; Testa, Paolo; Gu, Hongri; Chen, Xiang Zhong; Nelson, Bradley J.; Heyderman, Laura J.
Article

2017 1

A bio-inspired 3D-printed hybrid finger with integrated ECF (electro-conjugate fluid) micropumps

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, v. 257, p. 47-57
Han, Dong; Gu, Hongri; Kim, Joon wan; Yokota, Shinichi
Article

2015 1

A Novel 3D-Printed Finger Integrated with ECF Micropump

Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Manufacturing, Machine Design and Tribology (ICMDT)
Han, Dong; Gu, Hongri; Kim, Joon-wan; Yokota, Shinichi; Edamura, Kazuya
Conference paper

2014 2

3 Triangular Prism Electrodes Design for Electro-Conjugate Fluid Micropump

Paper presented at 9th JFPS International Symposium on Fluid Power (JFPS)
Gu, Hongri; Kim, Joon-wan; Yokota, Shinichi; Edamura, Kazuya
Conference paper

三角柱-テーパースリット電極対を用いたECFマイクロポンプ

Paper presented at The 14th Machine Design and Tribology Division Meeting in JSME
Gu, Hongri; 金俊完; 横田眞一; 枝村一弥
Conference paper

2013 2

Study on Output Characteristics of downsized ECF micropump

Paper presented at 17th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology
Gu, Hongri; Kim, Joon-wan; Yokota, Shinichi; Edamura, Kazuya
Conference paper

電極対のマイクロ化によるECF効果に関する研究

Paper presented at Unknown Event
GU, Hongri; 金 , 俊完; 横田, 眞一; 枝村, 一弥
Conference paper

No Publications

Teaching Assignment

2025-26 Fall 2 2024-25 Summer 0 2024-25 Spring 0 2024-25 Winter 0 2024-25 Fall 0 2023-24 Summer 0

ISDN3000B	Creative Machine Design
UROP1100Q	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Series 1

No Teaching Assignments

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2022 to December 2025 (As of 24 December 2025)

Current RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

HONG, Zening
Integrative Systems and Design
ZHOU, Jie
Integrative Systems and Design

Projects

From January 2023 to December 2025

All Projects 1

No Projects.
Wearable Electromagnetic Actuation Systems with Customized Force Output

具有自定義力輸出的可穿戴式電磁致動系統 Leading

RGC - Early Career Scheme
Project Team (HKUST)
GU Hongri (Lead)
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Conference paper 1

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Article 1

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2019 2

2017 1

2015 1

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Teaching Assignment

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2022 to December 2025 (As of 24 December 2025)

Current RPGs

Projects

From January 2023 to December 2025

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