Chong Liu
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor
Postdoc, Stanford University (with Steven Chu and Yi Cui)
Ph.D. MSE with CEE minor, Stanford University (with Yi Cui and Ali Boehm)
B.S. Chemistry, Fudan University
Selected Honors and Awards
Sloan Research Fellow (2024)
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2023)
DOE Early Career Award (2022)
MIT TR35 (2020)
Postdoctoral Researchers
The Liu Group seeks motivated and talented scientists and engineers to join the group. Candidates with background in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and other related fields are encouraged to apply. Please send your CV to chongliu_AT_uchicago.edu
Kangli Xu
Ph.D. Chemistry, USTC
klxu_AT_uchicago.edu
Zhiheng Zhao
Ph.D. Chemistry, Cornell University
zz675_AT_uchicago.edu
Yuncong Liu
Ph.D. Chemistry, Tsinghua University
yuncongliu_AT_uchicago.edu
Graduate Students
Prospective graduate students from U Chicago’s graduate programs are welcome to join our group.
Adarsh Suresh
Ph.D. PME, 2018
adarshs_AT_uchicago.edu
Yu Han
Ph.D. PME, 2019
MRS Graduate Student Silver Award
yuhann_AT_uchicago.edu
Leeann Sun
Ph.D. PME, 2021
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention
leeannsun_AT_uchicago.edu
Dongchen Ying
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2021
dcying_AT_uchicago.edu
Suin Choi
Ph.D. PME, 2022
suin722_AT_uchicago.edu
Jiadong Liu
Ph.D. PME, 2022
jiadongl_AT_uchicago.edu
Jingyi Li
Ph.D. PME, 2023
jingyil_AT_uchicago.edu
Xiaolin Yue
Ph.D. PME, 2023
xiaolinyue_AT_uchicago.edu
Xiaolong Zhu
Ph.D. PME, 2023
xlzhu2000_AT_uchicago.edu
Wutong Chen
Ph.D. PME, Exchange, 2025
wutongc_AT_uchicago.edu
Undergraduate Students
Current undergraduate students from U Chicago’s programs are welcome to join our group.
Eva Lim
PME, Class of 2026
lime_AT_uchicago.edu
Alumni
Postdoctoral Researchers
Guiming Peng, Postdoc
Current: Professor, Jiangxi Normal University
Youwen Zhang, Postdoc
Current: Assistant Professor, Rutgers University-Camden
Ge Zhang, Postdoc
Mingzhan Wang, Postdoc
Current: Research Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong
Graduate Students
Eli Hoenig
Ph.D. PME, 2018-2023
MRSEC Fellowship, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention
Current: Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Manchester
Siqi Zou
Ph.D. PME, 2019-2024
Current: Senior Molecular Chemist, Cyclopure
Grant Hill
Ph.D. PME, 2018-2024
Current: Postdoctoral Researcher at Northwestern University
Ian Gangbin Yan
Ph.D. PME, 2019-2024
MRS Graduate Student Gold Award
Current: Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford University
Jiaqi Wang, Visiting Student
Undergraduate Students
An Li
Keda Song
Julia Radhakrishnan
Jiawen Wu
Sohaila Abdelhamid
Raphael Stone
PME, Class of 2024
Quad Undergraduate Research Scholar
Current: Graduate Student, Carnegie Mellon University
Emory Apodaca
PME, Class of 2024
Quad Undergraduate Research Scholar
Our Research
We study and solve issues in energy, environment, and health.