Kunpeng Cui obtained his BS from Zhengzhou University in 2010 and PhD in engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2015. Then he worked as an JSPS research fellow in Hokkaido University. In 2019, he was promoted as an assistant professor in Hokkaido University. His research includes toughening mechanism of hydrogel, gel deformation and fracture, polymer crystallization, and synchrotron radiation-based scattering technique.