Jiang received his Ph.D. from Tsinghua University in 2001, majoring in solid mechanics. His current research interest is the integrated hard and soft material, specifically including origami electronics, lithium-ion batteries, and hydrogels. He has published 5 book chapters and 95 peer-reviewed journal papers, including multi-disciplinary journals (Science, PNAS, Nature Communications), materials journals (Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials), nano journals (Nature Nanotechnology, Nano Letters), physics journals (PRL, PRB, APL, JAP), and mechanics journals (JMPS, IJP, IJSS, JAM). Many of his papers are among the top cited papers in mechanics and/or mechanical engineering communities.