People
Principle Investigator
Dr. Lijia Liu
Education experience:
B.Sc. University of Science and Technology of China, Chemical Physics
Ph. D. University of Western Ontario, Chemistry
Work experience:
Postdoctoral fellow (2012-2013) Chemistry department, University of Saskatchewan
Assoc. Professor (2013-2019) Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials, Soochow University
Group Mascot
Dr. Sushi
Role:
Act Cute
Maintain Group Peace
Mental Support
Current Graduate Students
Clement Lee
Wai Tung (Ellie) Shiu
Ph.D. Student
Project: Surface and Interfacial Surface Analysis of N-heterocyclic Carbene Thin Films on Metal Substrates
Yihong (Melody) Liu
Ph.D. Student
Project: Local Structure and Persistent Luminescence Properties of Mn2+-doped Magnesium Germanate Nanoparticles and Co-doping of Rare Earth Metal
Current Undergraduate Students
Jade Sun
Part-time Research Student
Project: Synthesis of a dual-emissive composite for sensor applications
Ruoxin (Alice) Deng
Summer Research Student
Project: Surface modification on dual-emissive composite for ion detections
Kyleigh Hilton
Summer WUSRI Student
Project: Synthesis and characterization of a dual-emissive composite.
Recruitment
We welcome highly motivated students whose background in Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Materials Science to join us for MSc or PhD programs.
We also offer oppurtunities for students seeks for exchange or collabroative programs.
At the moment, we can only offer postdoc positions to the ones who hold an external scholarship.
If you are interested, please contact Dr. Liu for details.
Previous Members
Zhiqiang Wang (Post-doctoral Researcher, September 2024-April 2024)
Kristin Goodger (Chem 4491 Student, September 2024-April 2024)
Christine Hoskin (Chem 4491 Student, September 2023-April 2024)
Vania Yoo (Volunteer and summer student (WUSRI program), January 2023-August 2023)
Julia Barker (Summer student, May 2023-August 2023)
Sage Buchanan (Phys4999 Student, September 2022-April 2023)
Xiaoran Chen (Chem4491 Student, September 2022-April 2023)
Sylvia Li (Chem4491 Student, September 2022-April 2023)
Benjamin Hulme (Summer student, WUSRI program, May 2022-August 2022)
Xincheng Li (M.Sc. student, September 2020-August 2022)
Siena Idoine (Summer student, WUSRI program and Chem4491 Student (Thesis project), May 2021-April 2022)
Morgan Tamminga (Summer student, USRA program, May 2021-August 2021)
Hanxuan Cui (Chem4491 Student (Thesis project), September 2020 - April 2021)
Macgregor MacIntosh (Summer student, WUSRI program, May 2020-August 2020)