Dr. Haiying Liu
Professor


 

 

 

Department of Chemistry
Michigan Technological University

1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931


Email: hyliu@mtu.edu
Office: 402E ChemSci
Phone: (906) 487-3451
Fax: (906) 487-2061

Web:http://www.chemistry.mtu.edu/~hyliu

 

 

Education:
 Ph. D.                 Fudan University                                      Chemistry                      1995

Professional Experiences:

2013-present

 

 

2008 – 2013   

Professor, Department of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931

 

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931.

 

2002 – 2008  

 

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931.

 

1999 – 2002         

 

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

 

1998

 

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33154.

 

 

 

1995 – 1997             

 

Assistant and Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China 200444.   

Professional Services:     

 

Guest Editor for Molecules

http://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules/special_issues/fluorescent_probes

 

Section Board member for “Bioorganic Chemistry” of Molecules

 

http://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules/sectioneditors/bioorganic_chemistry

 

Reviewer of NSF proposals and manuscripts of international journals – ACS applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Sensors, ACS NANO, ACS Applied Bio Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, ACS Central Science,  Advanced Materials, Analytical Chemistry, Advanced Functional  Materials, Analytical Chemistry, Analytica Chimica Acta, Asian Journal of Chemistry, Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Biomacromolecules, Chemical Communications, Chemistry of Materials, Chemistry – A European Journal,  ChemistrySelect, Dyes and Pigments, Electrochimica Acta, European Polymer Journal, Journal of Organic Chemistry, Journal of Physical Chemistry (B), Journal of Supermolecular Chemistry, Journal of The American Chemical Society, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Inorganic Chemistry,  Langmuir,  NANO Letters, Organic Letters, Macromolecules, Polymer, Polymer Bulletin, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical;  Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Bimolecular Spectroscopy, RSC Advances, and Talanta.

 

Funding:

 

[09/2023]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[06/2022]

Dr. Rudy L. Luck (PI), Dr. Haiying Liu (Co-PI) and Thomas Werner (Co-PI) received a grant of $469,500 from the National Institutes of Health.  "Computationally Guided Approach to Produce Ratiometric Probes Operating in the Red to Near-infrared Region to Accurately Determine pH Levels within Organelles." It is effective from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026.

 

Dr. Haiying Liu (PI) and Rudy L. Luck (Co-PI) received a grant of $469,000 from National Institutes of Health, “Near-infrared Fluorescent Probes for Sensitive Detection of NADH in Live Cells”, It is effective from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2025.

 

 

 

[09/2021]

Drs. Marina Tanasova (PI), Haiying Liu (Co-PI) and Shiyue Fang (Co-PI) received a grant of $446,082 from National Science Foundation, “Acquisition of 500 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer for Research and Education Infrastructure Enhancement at Michigan Technological University and Upper Peninsula.”, It is effective from September 1, 2021, to May 31, 2024.

 

[06/2020]

 

Dr. Haiying Liu (Co-PI) and Dr. Xiaohu Tang (PI) received a grant of $413,090 from National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, It is effective from February 1, 2020, to April 30, 2023.

 

[05/2019]

Dr. Haiying Liu (PI) and Ashutosh Tiwari (Co-PI) received a grant of $459,000 from National Institutes of Health, “Ratiometric Near-infrared Fluorescent Probes for Lysosomal and Mitochondrial pH Changes in Living Cells”,; It is effective from May 1, 2019 to May 31, 2022.

[04/2015]

Dr. Haiying Liu (PI) and Ashutosh Tiwari (Co-PI) received a grant of $330,000 from National Institutes of Health, “Ratiometric Near-infrared Fluorescent Probes for Lysosomal pH in Living Cells”, PI: Haiying Liu, Co-PI: Ashutosh Tiwari; It is effective from April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2019.

[02/2012]

Dr. Haiying Liu (PI) received a grant of $35,000 from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) through CFD Research Corporation for a proposal entitled ‘A Miniaturiz​ed Point-of-C​are Electrochemcial Detector for Reagent-free and In-situ Diagnostics of Pathogens’.  It was effective from February 20, 2012 to February 18, 2013.

[09/2011]

Dr. Haiying Liu (PI) obtained a grant of $5000 from NanOasis Technologies, Inc. for a project entitled “Synthesis of Poly(p-phenylene-ethynylene) Bearing Branched Carboxylic Acid Residues’. It was effective from September 1, 2011 to October 6, 2011

[12/2010]

Drs. Sarah Green (Pi), Langrong Bi (co-PI), Shiyue Fang (co-PI), Martin Thompson (co-PI), and Haiying Liu (co-PI) obtained a grant from National Science Foundation for a three-year proposal entitled “Acquisition of Matrix-Assisted Desorption/Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer (MALDI-TOF)’. It was effective from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2013.       

[04/2008]

Dr. Haiying Liu (PI) obtained a grant of $35,000 from National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute) for a proposal entitled ‘Near-Infrared Nanopolymer Agents for Real-Time, In Vivo Imaging of Tumor Margins’. 

[10/2006]

Drs.  Haiying Liu (co-PI), Michele Miller (PI), Sarah Green (co-PI), Gordon Parker (co-PI), Bernie Bettig (co-PI), Henry Sodano (co-PI) and Paul Bergstrom (co-PI) obtained a three-year grant of $1,100,000 from 21st Century Jobs Fund of Michigan for a proposal entitled ‘Optimizing Chemo-Mechanical Structure for MEMS Chemical Vapor Sensor Arrays’. It was effective from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2010.

[09/2006]

Drs.  Haiying Liu (PI), Yoke Khin Yap (co-PI), Pushpalatha Murthy (co-PI) and Martin Thompson (co-PI) obtain a grant of $100,000 from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the proposal entitled ‘Carbon Nanotube Arrays for Bacteria’.

[01/2005]

Dr. Haiying Liu (PI) received a grant of $80,000 from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Zyvex Corporation for the project entitled ‘Hierachical Composites Comprising Continuous Carbon Nanotube Composite Fibers in a Nanotube-Reinforced Matrix’.

[01/2005]

Dr. Haiying Liu (PI) received a grant of $35,000 from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Zyvex Corporation for the project entitled ‘Multifunctional Next-Generation Carbon Nanotube Super Fibers’.

[07/2004]

Dr. Haiying Liu (Co-PI), Dr. Jian Liu (PI) and Dr. Steve Hackney received a grant of $100,000 from National Science Foundation (NSF) for their proposal entitled ‘Semiconductor Quantum Dot-Based Artificial Enzymes’.

[07/2004]

Dr. Haiying Liu (PI) and Dr. Jian Liu (Co-PI) received a university Research Excellence Fund (REF) grant for their proposal entitled ‘Novel Highly Sensitive Electrochemical Chemical and Biological Sensors Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes’.

[01/2004]

Dr. Haiying Liu (PI) received a grant of $35,000 from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Zyvex Corporation for the project entitled ‘Hierachical Composites Comprising Continuous Carbon Nanotube Composite Fibers in a Nanotube-Reinforced Matrix’.

[06/2003]

Dr. Haiying Liu(co-PI), Dr.Jian Liu (PI) and Dr. Eugenijus UrneZius (co-PI) received a university C2E2 grant for their proposal entitled ‘Time Resolved Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance for Nanostructured Thin Film Research and Development’.

[03/2003]

Dr. Haiying Liu (co-PI), Dr. Jian Liu (PI) and Dr. Stephen A. Hackney (co-PI) received a university Research Excellence Fund (REF) grant for their proposal ‘Novel Hybrid Fluorescent Nanosensors for Chemical and Biological Sensing’.

[01/2003]

Dr. Haiying Liu (PI) received a grant of $80,000 from Zyvex Incorporation for the project entitled ‘Synthesis and Characterization of New Functional Poly(pheneyleneethynylene)s and other Conjugated Polymers'.

Patents:

 

1.    Full Patent (6905667) entitled ‘A polymer and method for using the polymer for solubilizing nanotubes’ was issued on June 14, 2005, and its European, Chinese, and Japanese full patents were also filed.  It has been licensed by Zyvex Technologies Inc.  http://www.zyvextech.com/

 

2.    Full Patent (NO 9,412,949) entitled ‘Fluorescent Conjugated Polymers with a BODIPY-Based Backbone and Uses Thereof’ was issued on August 9, 2016, and will expire on December 5, 2032.  It has been licensed by BD, a company about Advancing the world of health.  https://www.bd.com/en-us

 

 

 

Publications:  You can find my publications from Google Scholar from the link:

 

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=mxulFtYAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate