Dr. Haiying Liu
Associate 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 Experience:

2008 – Present   

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.   

Professional Service:     

Reviewer of NSF proposals and manuscripts of international journals – ACS applied Materials & Interfaces, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional  Materials, Analytical Chemistry, Analytica Chimica Acta, Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Biomacromolecules, Chemical Communications, Chemistry of Materials, Chemistry – A European Journal, Electrochimica Acta, European Polymer Journal, Journal of Organic Chemistry, Journal of Physical Chemistry (B), Journal of Supermolecular Chemistry, Journal of The American Chemical Society, Langmuir,  Organic Letters, Macromolecules, Polymer, Polymer Bulletin, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Bimolecular Spectroscopy and Talanta.

Funding:

[04/08]

Drs. Haiying Liu (co-PI) and Jianjun Wei (PI) obtained a grant 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’. 

[10/06]

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 from 21st Century Jobs Fund of Michigan  for a proposal entitled ‘Optimizing Chemo-Mechanical Structure for MEMS Chemical Vapor Sensor Arrays’. It is effective from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2010.

[09/06]

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

[01/05]

Dr. Haiying Liu (PI) received a grant 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’.

[01/05]

Dr. Haiying Liu (PI) received a grant from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Zyvex Corporation for the project entitledMultifunctional Next-Generation Carbon Nanotube Super Fibers’.

[07/04]

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

[07/04]

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’.

[01/04]

Dr. Haiying Liu (PI) received a grant 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’.

[06/03]

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’.

[03/03]

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’.

[01/03]

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

Patent:

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 are under process.