Principal Investigator

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)

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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

Graduate Students

Prospective graduate students from U Chicago’s graduate programs are welcome to join our group.

Grant Hill

Ph.D. PME, 2018

gthill_AT_uchicago.edu

Adarsh Suresh

Ph.D. PME, 2018

adarshs_AT_uchicago.edu

Gangbin Ian Yan

Ph.D. PME, 2019

MRS Graduate Student Gold Award

gangbin_AT_uchicago.edu

Yu Han

Ph.D. PME, 2019

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

Seonwoo Kim

Ph.D. PME, 2022

kimseon_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

Undergraduate Students

Current undergraduate students from U Chicago’s programs are welcome to join our group.

Emory Apodaca

PME, Class of 2024

Quad Undergraduate Research Scholar

emoryapodaca_AT_uchicago.edu

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

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

Our Research

We study and solve issues in energy, environment, and health.