长期从事微型机器人的推进与控制研究，在《Nature》《Joule》《Nature Communications》《Science Advances》《Science Robotics》《IEEE Transactions on Robotics》《Chinese Journal of Aeronautics》等高水平期刊发表论文60余篇，授权发明专利20余项。主持国家自然科学基金面上项目、青年项目以及某工程创新特区项目。基于稳态静电场中微小结构的颤振现象，提出各类高效、轻质的新型静电驱动器和动力装置，研制出重量4.21 g、翼展20 cm的微型太阳能飞行器，实现了在纯自然光供能下的持续飞行，相关成果以Article形式发表在《Nature》，并获得《Nature》和《Science》首页共同推荐。

获奖情况：

（1）入选国家留学基金委“未来科学家”计划

（2）入选教育部U40计划

（3）获得某部委颠覆式突破奖

发明专利：授权发明专利20余项。

代表性论文：

[1] Wei Shen, Jinzhe Peng, Rui Ma, Jiaqing Wu, Jingyi Li, Zhiwei Liu, Jiaming Leng, Xiaojun Yan, Mingjing Qi. Sunlight-powered sustained flight of an ultralight micro aerial vehicle. Nature, 2024, 631: 537-543.

[2] Jinzhe Peng, Xiangyu Yang, Wei Shen, Jingyi Li, Mingjing Qi. Energy, power, and actuation systems for sustained untethered flight in gram-scale aerial vehicles. Joule, 2025, 9(10): 102104.

[3] Jingyu Che, Xiangyu Yang, Jinzhe Peng, Jingyi Li, Zhiwei Liu, Mingjing Qi. Arc-heating actuated active-morphing insect robots. Nature Communications, 2025, 16: 3014.

[4] Xian Yu, Wencheng Zhan, Zhiwei Liu, Lizhao Wei, Wei Shen, Ruide Yun, Jiaming Leng, Heming Xu, Mingjing Qi, Xiaojun Yan. Forward and backward control of an ultrafast millimeter-scale microrobot via vibration mode transition. Science Advances, 2024, 10(43): eadr1607.

[5] Xiufeng Yang, Mingjing Qi. Bio-inspired passive design of flapping-wing micro air vehicles. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 2025, 38(10): 103689.