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 * name = Zhigang Suo
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 * birth_date = 15 June 1963
 * birth_place = Xi'an, China
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 * residence = Massachusetts, USA
 * nationality = [[Image:Flag of US.svg|20px]] American
 * field = Solid mechanics
 * work_institution = Harvard University
 * alma_mater = Xi'an University Harvard University
 * doctoral_advisor = John W. Hutchinson
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 * known_for = Solid mechanics
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Zhigang Suo (b. June 15, 1963) is Allen E. and Marilyn M. Puckett Professor of Mechanics and Materials in the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

He received an B.S. degree in Solid Mechanics from Xi'an Jiaotong University in 1985 and a Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering from Harvard University in 1989, advised by John W. Hutchinson. Suo joined the faculty of the University of California at Santa Barbara, and established a research group studying the mechanics of materials and structures. The group moved to Princeton University in 1997, and to Harvard University in 2003. His research centers on the mechanical behavior of materials and structures. Basic processes include fracture, deformation, polarization, and diffusion, driven by various thermodynamic forces (e.g., stress, electric field, electron wind, chemical potential). Applications are concerned with microelectronics, large-area electronics, soft materials, active materials, and lithium-ion batteries.

With Teng Li, Suo co-founded iMechanica, the web of mechanics and mechanicians. iMechanica now has over 20,000 registered users. He is a member of the Executive Committee (2005-2010, Chair 2010) of the Applied Mechanics Division, of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and is a member at large of the US National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (2006-2012).

Suo is a recipient of the Humboldt Research Award. He won the Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal and the Special Achievement Award for Young Investigators in Applied Mechanics, both from ASME. He received the William Prager Medal, Society of Engineering Sciences in. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering.