Xueting Shen

Xueting Shen
Student / Programme Doctorate at D-MATL
ETH Zürich
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Research area
Additive Manufacturing, Nanolithograpy, Active Matter, Soft Matter
Xueting Shen was born in Beijing, China. She grew up in Nairobi, Kenya and later moved to Bern, Switzerland. In 2019, Xueting obtained her Bachelor's degree in Material Science at ETH Zurich. Under the supervision of Prof. Lucio Isa, she conducted her master thesis on 'Novel Approaches for the Fabrication of Multi-Material Micro-Structures via Two Photon Lithography' and obtained her Master's degree in Material Science at ETH in 2021. Now, she continues as a PhD student in the group.
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Honors and Awards:
ETH representative at Global Young Scientist Summit 2025. (Singapore, 2025) GYSS 2025: A Journey of Discovery, Connection, and Friendship – ETH Ambassadors
SVMT (Schweizerischer Verband für die Materialwissenschaft und Technologie) prize for best Master Thesis. (ETH Zürich, 2023) Congratulations to our Graduates! – Department of Materials | ETH Zurich
MaP Best Image Award at Manufaturing and Processing Graduate Symposium (ETH Zürich, 2023) MaP Graduate Symposium 2023 – MaP Doctoral School | ETH Zurich
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Publications:
S. van Kesteren*, X. Shen*, M. Aldeghi, L. Isa. Printing on Particles: Combining Two-Photon Nanolithography and Capillary Assembly to Fabricate Multimaterial Microstructures. Advanced Materials, 2207101 (2023)
M. Hu, X. Shen, D .Tran, Z. Ma, L. Isa. Modular assembly of microswimmers with liquid compartments. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 35, 435101(2023)
*marks equal contribution