Dr. Pengyun Liu

Degree

• Bachelor of Applied Chemistry, Department of School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Datong University, China, 2016

• Master of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, China, 2019

• PhD of Pharmaceutical and Biomolecular Sciences, Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin, Italy, 2023

Research Experience

• Master student at Shihezi University, adsorption removal of naphthalene from water using various activated carbons, 2016-2019;

• PhD student at University of Turin in Prof. Giancarlo Cravottto's group, 1) Determination of antibiotics in water and milk using SPE-HPLC; 2) Removal of antibiotics from water and milk via cavitational techniques, 2019-2023;

• Assistant Researcher at the Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences in the group of Prof. Qingping Wu (CAE member), Microbial metabolite analysis, 2024-2025;

• Postdoc at University of Turin in Prof. Giancarlo Cravottto's group, 1) Extraction of anthocyanins from cocoa powder; 2) Extraction of proteins from lentil seeds using microwave assisted subcritical water and sonication, 2025-2026.

Research Interest

•  Enabling technologies, such as sonolysis, sonocatalysis, hydrodynamic cavitation, microwaves, cold plasma, and pulsed electric fields for wastewater remediation and food processing;

• Advanced oxidation processes, such as ozonation, cavitational processes, for water treatment;

•  Adsorption using activated carbons for water remediation.

Publications 

• https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9310-1412